Flex 2009-2010 Nicole Settanni, RMS Literacy CoachAlexis Swinehart, RHS Literacy Coach

1.Grab a folder & some candy

2.Complete the survey

3.Read “Unleashing Potential with Emerging Technology” pg 213 – 215

Reading purpose: Pull out a phrase/sentence grabs your attention. 

 Session 1 - Wikis  Session 2 - Blogs (February 9th 3:15 - 5:15)  Session 3 - Google Docs and Other Media Literacy

(March 9th 3:15 - 5:15)

Introduction & Warm Up

What is a Wiki

Wiki Exploration

Wrap Up - Homework

OLD TECHNOLOGY 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY

 •Get students writing •Gives students authentic audience

•Promotes collaborative learning•Allows everyone to participate•Classroom management tool•Encourages student engagement

Def: a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize a web page content in a collaborative

manner  

Collaborative Writing Environment – students can edit/revise content

Useful Teaching Resource audio files videos clips document files

What else?

Resources CreationEducational Wikis

 Study guides: Ask students to create study guides for a specific part of the unit you’re studying.

Solving wiki: Post difficult math problems, such as calculus, so that the class can collaboratively solve them.

Glossary: Get your class to create a glossary of terms they use and learn about in new units, adding definitions and images.

Class encyclopedia: Ask your class to create an "encyclopedia" on a topic, adding useful information that can be built upon through the years.

Description: Site for notes and resource links.

Description: A site for French beginners for Middle School teachers to use in the classroom and for students to use at home for extra practice. There are notes, flashcards, videos, and several online exercises, stressing differentiated instruction.

Student Participation 

Educational Wikis

Exam review: Encourage students to share review notes and other helpful pieces of information on your classroom’s wiki.

Student portfolios: Assign portfolio pages to each of your students, and allow them to display and discuss their work.

Peer editing: Ask students to edit each others’ work for spelling, grammar, and facts based on a style guide or rules you’ve defined.

Vocabulary lists: Encourage students to submit words that they had trouble with, along with a dictionary entry.

Share notes: Let your students share their collective information so that everyone gets a better understanding of the subject.

Description: This wiki was built to serve as the online resource site for all music courses at Burr and Burton Academy. All projects and resources are stored in one location for all courses. Student build their own portfolios as well and link to our site.

Description: A wiki based 'choose your own adventure' game created by pupils as part of their Writing course.

Group Projects 

Educational Wikis

Group authoring: By asking groups to use central documents in a wiki, you can ensure that everyone’s documentation will be uniform.

Organize ideas: Allow group members to post their ideas in a wiki, and you’ll cut down on duplicate ideas, while at the same time allowing them to build upon the ideas.

Track projects: With wikis, it’s easy for students to see which tasks have been completed and which ones still need to be fulfilled.

Description: Collaborative groups will become historians and “fill-in” the gaps in history by creating a “virtual” textbook for certain events that are important but are generally glossed (skipped) over in traditional textbooks.

Description: Resources for promoting readingTopic: book reviews and podcasts, reading, literacy

Student InteractionEducational Wikis

  Mock-debate: Pit two class candidates against each other and perform a debate on your wiki.

Multi-author story: Start a creative writing unit, and get your students to write a short story together, each writing a small amount of the story.

Share reviews: Post articles for different movies, books, and TV shows, encouraging students to share what they thought about them.

Literature circles: Host a book club on your wiki where students are required to read the same book, then discuss it on the wiki.

• Monitoring Usage - Notifications • Monitor Content - History Tab • Monitor Membership -

Permissions   

Free wikis can be maintained at: 

• http://wikispaces.com/site/for/teacher

• http://pbwiki.com

• http://wikidot.com 

Go to your email inbox and accept wiki invitation. (http://twoeflex.wikispaces.com)

If you have never logged onto Wikispaces, you should create a log-on and password now.

On the left side, click “new page.”

Create a page of your own! This can be any format you’d like. You will be

posting your work for this flex on this page. Try out different fonts, try a hyperlink, or adding a picture. This is your chance to TRY!

Need ideas? Go to the Resources Page on this wiki and look around!   

Next Session is February 9th 3:15-5:15.

Create a wikipage on the TWOEFlex pageInclude at least ▪ One image▪ One file▪ One link▪ Media file (optional)

Feeling Ambitious? – Create a class Wiki page