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Using wikis in the classroom
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Wiki Wiki Teaching- The art of using wiki pages to teach
Friday, December 09, 2005
I have got to have a place on the net to express
what some may consider revolutionary teaching ideas.
For my first blog on
this topic, I want to write about my amazing impressions of what I will call
"wiki wiki teaching."
"Wiki wiki"
means "quickly" in Hawaiian. I came back from the
GAETC conference
and had attended three amazing
sessions with
David
Warlick
. I had devoured his book, his website, and had begun to implement
his recommendations. I was excited, but not yet floored.
Well, I signed
up for a free wikispace at
wikispaces.com
and began to train my students how to use wikispaces. I did a simple project
-- I gave my computer science students six words to define using resources on
the net so that they could understand the emerging concept of Web 2.0. I split
them into teams of 2-3 students and gave them each a word to investigate. You
can see our space at
http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0
blogosphere
wiki pages
social
bookmarking
podcasting
RSS Feeds
folksonomy
I gave
them several guidelines:
I asked them to post meaningful, relevant information on their topic.
I asked them to summarize information they found on the Net and to link to
it.
I asked them to continue to read their topic and ask themselves -- "What do
I not understand about this topic?" and then to proceed to answer that question
and post their findings.
I asked them to use some of the websites that they read about.
They were not allowed to delete information of another unless it was
redundant or they paraphrased/edited it to make it better. (I had two classes
working on the same pages so they could experience true collaboration.)
On the third day, I gave each team 5 minutes to present their topic -- they
had to summarize and demonstrate the use of their term in action.
At the conclusion of the presentation, I asked all students to post a
13 items | 1 visits
Using wikis in the classroom
Updated on Aug 01, 13
Created on Jan 08, 10
Category: Computers & Internet
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