Group 1
Introduction
A wiki is an online tool that can help you as a teacher manage your work in many different ways. Whether you are looking for a way to keep students and parents informed about your assignments or you are wanting an online environment for your students to collaborate, the wiki is an easy tool to learn.
Focus questions: wiki basics
Your group assignment is to read the following articles.
- 7thingsyoushouldknowaboutwikis.pdf
- http://www.techlearning.com/article/8658
- FrontPage
- http://www.ikiw.org/2008/04/10/interview-the-state-of-wikis-in-education/
Summarize what you read and include how you think you will use the wiki.
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Article 1 |
Article 2 |
Article 3 |
Article 4 |
| Name of Article and Group Names |
7Things You Should Know About Wikis |
Wikis Make Learning Wicked Fun |
Why Wiki?
The Three Musketeers
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The State of Wikis in Education |
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Overall Focus
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A definition of wikis.
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collaborative technology
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Students need to know both traditional and 21st century genres. Wikis can help develop and merge these genres.
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A graduate submitted questions to a professional wiki consultant. The consultant explained the uses and benefits of wikis. He/she details the variety of wikis, restrictions, and the educational applications.
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| Main Points of Interest |
Advantages:
-users can modify content
-simple to use
-versioning capabilities
-e-portfolios
-collaborative communication
-applications for teachers. IE: syllabus
Disadvantages:
-biased perspective
-users can modify content (and over-write)
-risky openness
-monitoring can be time-consuming
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advantages: "real world" collaborative skills, richer communication, pools strength of many, easy to operate, teaches positive interdependence and individual accountability
disadvantages: security/safety issues, potential bias, copy and paste may promote plagiarism, inequality of work distribution
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-Teaching these new genres takes time
-Wikis can be used to teach traditional skills in new forum |
*curricular usage
*types of wikis available
*group assignments
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| Comments |
Applications for early grades.
Is versioning a special feature?
School applications. IE. Assembly planning, school-wide vocabulary curriculum.
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collaborative skills must be pre-loaded. Goals and expectations must be pre-taught and practiced before and during implementation.
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Technology- All for one, and one for all!
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*We had difficulty discerning the author and the source of the information.
*One article “Wide Open Spaces….” was particularly interesting
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Comments (1)
Leah Jensen said
at 10:03 am on Jul 30, 2009
Good Job Eva and John!
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