Wiki CentralCollaboration and Engagement with Web 2.0 Tools

By flickr user Chalky Lives

Why Wiki?By flickr user cogdogblog

Why a wiki for Education?

By flickr user Idiolector

Read/write culture

By flickr user activeside

Collective Intelligence

programforthefuture.org By flickr user cogdogblog

“Knowledge is of no value

unless you put it into

practice.” Anton Chekhov

By flickr user Knilram

CollaborativeLearning

By flickr user smannion

Active learningBy flickr user shira golding

Inquiry/PBL/Authentic learning

By flickr user oberazzi

Feedback

By flickr user karl horton

Feedback

“…it allows more people to get in discussions they wouldn’t normally do in front of class.”

“…Here we can get our assignments at any time: at home or in school, we can communicate with other classmates outside of school and in school…” and “…I like that we can post our work, review others for resources and ask questions when we don’t understand. It is also a great way to keep up with the class when you are sick or on vacation.”

Revisions

By flickr user riebschlager

By flickr user Ms. Russell

Wiki at its simplest

Collection of notes, handouts, links, control of information, static learning

Wiki at its simplest

Schedule

Wiki at its simplest - activities

Wiki at its best: exploratory work

• Exploratory projects• Publish to the world

Wiki at its best: reflection/feedback

Wiki at its best: construct content

Wiki at its best: content sharing

Wiki at its best: digital storytelling

By flickr user sparklefish

Important points:Important points:My community helps me learn. Kids need a

community too that can extend beyond the classroom

If students understand why this is important, they will buy into it

There will always be something we don’t understand. It is more important that students recognize that we are always learning vs. we know a lot

Patience

My community helps me learn. Kids need a community too that can extend beyond the classroom

If students understand why this is important, they will buy into it

There will always be something we don’t understand. It is more important that students recognize that we are always learning vs. we know a lot

Patience

Think beyond contentThink beyond content

Thinking and process is the goalDifficult to be authentic for every topic Be available for opportunities of change to

differentiate instructionIt is not about the technology: these are tools

that allow us to teach differentlyLearning happens from reflection

Thinking and process is the goalDifficult to be authentic for every topic Be available for opportunities of change to

differentiate instructionIt is not about the technology: these are tools

that allow us to teach differentlyLearning happens from reflection

ChallengesChallenges

Changing activities – decide what to keep, change, and what needs to be new

Measuring outcomesChoice of outcomesNCLB and standardized testingDecide your goal first

Changing activities – decide what to keep, change, and what needs to be new

Measuring outcomesChoice of outcomesNCLB and standardized testingDecide your goal first

Thank youThank you