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learning@school
Shaping teaching and learning in the 21st century Ko te whenu hou te tau
learning@school Rotorua New Zealand February 2008
Collaborative Learning through Wikis
Elizabeth O’Hagan&
Chris Lynch
Things to think about…
- What is your end outcome?
- Access to computers/internet
- Web 2.0 tools
- Parental consent
- Time for the project
- Copyright!!!
What do we use wiki’s for…
- Information site for students & parents
- Workplace for students either individual or collaborative
Collaboration through wikis…
- Class group work placed on wikis
- Evaluations
- External collaboration – group work has to occur online
Collaboration through group work
- Writing
- Research – and presenting links to information
- Photo essays
- Web 2.0 tools
Web 2.0 tools
- toondoo
- Booksie
- Make “movies” using photos - slideroll
- Signs
- Google docs
Collaboration through evaluation
- Students give feedback on other students work on the wiki
- Blogging
Online collaboration “externally”
- Groups create their page together
- Use the discussion tab
- Google docs
- Skype
Ins and Outs…
- Kids joining the wiki
- Editing pages
- Deleted work
- Inappropriate work
- Monitoring pages
- Private/non private spaces
Literacy levels
Access at home?
Access?
Computer skills
The Limitations?
Teachers?
Reasons to Get Around the Limitations..
- Wiki’s are fun
- Wiki’s provide a real audience
- Wiki-ing raises standards / expectations
- Wiki-ing enables creativity
Making it happen