Individually or in groups. ▫ Example – Spanish Wikibooks - http://es.wikibooks.org
/wiki/Artes_culinarias. What does this mean for you? ▫ Become aware of wikis.
Wikis in the Classroom After School Technology Workshop What is a wiki? Web 2.0 – Focus on participation rather than simply looking at information Web page that anyone (with permission) can edit Creator of wiki has administrative control, can assign others to serve administrative functions Collaborative in nature Blogs vs. wikis A blog is a web page that serves as an online journal. Multiple users can add to a blog, but only the owner can change it fundamentally. “The key difference to keep in mind is that a true wiki is actively collaborative, that is, anyone can edit the document at any point in the document, whether that is to insert a comma, strike a sentence, or add an additional page. Blogs tend to function more like monologues, or pronouncements from the author(s) to which readers may append their own comments without the ability to alter the original blog text.” -- Wikipedia Examples of wikis Wikipedia – anyone can contribute – www.wikipedia.org Administrators have control over content. Collaborative Writing Project, SUNY Geneseo https://wiki.geneseo.edu:8443/display/collabwriting/Home – Annotated Bibliographies – Dictionaries – Annotated Texts and Articles WikiTravel - http://wikitravel.org/ Wikibooks – www.wikibooks.org WikiHow – www.wikihow.com Wikiversity – www.wikiversity.org Wikis in Education Design Patterns by Bernie Dodge, creator of the WebQuest - http://webquest.org/
Micropedia FAQ Consensus Document Branching Story Tree Sim Ant Farm Exegesis
Micropedia Creating a mini-encyclopedia Students in groups Each group assigned one topic to research and post article Each group must also validate two other articles Could be done with AP essay Example – AP History Project http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/~ahistory/apwhreview/index.php?title=APWH_Exam_Topics
FAQ
Organized around questions and answers Students are assigned a topic of any nature. – Holidays in Spain – How to write an AP essay – How to survive Mrs. Whipple’s class – Any area in which students already have expertise Students write a short summary article about the topic
Students generate and post questions about other topics Reponses to questions are posted by those who wrote the articles Example – FAQ Farm http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/FAQ/2086
Consensus Document Students begin with widely differing points of view and goals; work collaboratively to create a document that reflects agreement by all parties. Conflict situations. (e.g. peace treaties, union contracts, business contracts.) Participants generate draft positions, read drafts of others, and then serially edit final document. Branching Story Given a writing prompt, students generate pages to build a “create your own adventure” story. Start in large groups which become smaller as groups branch off to take charge of a particular section. Higher order thinking skills Example – Terry the Tennis Ball - http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ Tree Sim/Ant Farm Tree Sim is a branching simulation that emphasizes decision-making. Students create a story where the character(s) must make choices that lead in different directions. Differs from Branching Story in that there is no central story line/conflict to be resolved. Can be used as a creative exercise by itself or as a tool for other students. Ant Farm design complements TreeSim, by adding a collaborative element within a class or group. Students must interact with other students within the branching simulation that is reflected in both final projects. Example – Holocaust Project by AP History Teacher http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/lessons_complete.html Exegesis Students are given a poem or prose passage on the wiki. Students create hyperlinks within the text to pages which give more information about a particular word or phrase. Definitions, translations, grammatical explanations, idiom use, etc. Individually or in groups Example – Spanish Wikibooks - http://es.wikibooks.org/wiki/Artes_culinarias What does this mean for you? Become aware of wikis Contribute to a wiki (WikiHow, Wikitravel, Wikipedia.) Creating a class wiki – intermediate level computer user See me if you are interested! Other Links TVS EduWiki – http://wiki.trinityvalleyschool.org Latin Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Latin Article (with good links) Wikis in Education http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education PBWorks - www.pbworks.com TVS French 3 wiki – http://wiki.trinityvalleyschool.org/index.php/corderg https://tvsfrench3.pbwiki.com Sra. Gray’s 8th Grade Dictionary Wiki – http://dictionary8.pbwiki.com (password: palabras)
