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10 Best Practices for using wikis in education « Technology Teacher
Just because you build a wiki, doesn’t mean they will come. This has been my and other faculty members’ experiences in using wikis in the classroom. We all know the feeling . . . the excitement of seeing and then using a type of software that should be just perfect to engage students and to enable community-building. We work during our break time to incorporate this learning technology in our course only to find out that students aren’t that excited about it. I think one of the reasons for the lackluster student enthusiasm toward any type of new technology tool is that they need to learn it. I’m not saying that students are lazy . . . it’s just that the internal question, “what’s in it for me?” probably needs to be answered.
Report and Recommendations on Web 2.0 and Social Software [Federal Knowledge Management Working Group (KMWG)]
The recent and dramatic growth of Web 2.0 and social software fundamentally changes the way that organizations must interact with information, and with those who produce, analyze, and consume that information. Government is no exception. The landscape of wikis, blogs, video sharing, and other social media has evolved and grown so rapidly that government policy has not kept up. The power of Web 2.0 and social software, if properly managed, can have a tremendously positive effect on the way the government interacts with the public, interacts with its employees, and conducts its own business.
YouTube - Wikis in Plain English
A short explanation of wikis and how they can be used to coordinate a group.
educational-origami - home
Educational Origami is a blog , and a wiki, about the integration of ICT into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. Its about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. Marc Prensky coined the now popular and famous phrase "Digital natives and digital immigrants" in his two papers by the same name. Ian Jukes talks about Digital Children.
The world is not as simple as saying teachers are digital immigrants and students digital natives. In fact people fit into both camps. We know that experience, like using a computer, will change the structure of our brain, This is a concept called Neuroplasticity. We also know that, the more intense the experience, the more profound the change. Our students, who often have a greater exposure to technology, are likely to be more neurologically adapted, but adults can as easily be "Digital Natives".
Educational Wikis
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- This site aims to answer one question: With your help we aim to provide:
- A list of articles and resources that describe how to use wikis in education
- A comprehensive list of existing educational wikis that we can learn from
- A place to post ideas and discuss them
This is a collaborative effort so please, jump in, contribute, and let's all help each other bring the power of wikis to our schools
TICAL - Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership
Use these 4-5 minute presentations to quickly gain a better understanding of the variety of tools on the World Wide Web including blogs, social networks, and wikis.
Jan. 2009 Tip - Wikis in Education
This wiki is setup to provide educators and students with tips, suggestions, and templates for creating education wikis. - Jan. 2009 Tip
PBwiki (Free wiki | Business - Education - Personal)
PBwiki lets you quickly set up your own free, hosted, password-protected wiki to edit and share information. It's as easy as a peanut butter sandwich.
Tips for Getting Started with Educational Wikis
"Using a wiki in an organizational context is radically different from Wikipedia," according to wiki consultant Stewart Mader. In this second portion of a two-part interview, Mader discusses choosing between commercial and open source wiki products, getting started with a wiki--and why Wikipedia is the single biggest stumbling block to wikis in higher education.
Moving Forward wiki
The Moving Forward wiki houses a collection of resources to help presenters and change agents as they help move schools and universities forward into the 21st century. If you have a resource to add, please do so!
O'Reilly Network -- What Is a Wiki (and How to Use One for Your Projects)
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- A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page using a web browser. It's so terrifically easy for people to jump in and revise pages that wikis are becoming known as the tool of choice for large, multiple-participant projects.
- Wikis Work for Big Projects
- Choosing a Wiki
- Advantages to Using a Wiki
- Disadvantages to Using a Wiki
- Using a Wiki
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Somewhere, in a dimly lit classroom, a library bench, or in a home study, some lucky so-and-so is writing an essay from beginning to end with no notes. This splendid individual is able to craft entire sections without forgetting by the end what the section was intended to include at the beginning, and can weave a carefully paced argument with thoughts and references collected over a period of months, all perfectly recollected. Neither of your authors is this person. Instead, we need help, and that help comes in the shape of a wiki.
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Using Wiki in Education by Stewart Mader (Book) in Education & Language
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Contains 10 case studies written by teachers that describe how
they’re using the wiki to transform courses and engage today’s students in a range of
environments including high school, small college, major research university, online/
distance learning and research lab.
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