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Collaborative Writing inthe Social Media Classroom
David Stern, MixedInk Co-Founder
Write, Remix, Evaluate:
Nate Kogan, History Teacher
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Overview
Why remix?
MixedInk introduction Let's try it!
Best practices
New for educators Questions & discussion
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Plagiarism is Good!** or at least, we alldo it all the time
Audre Lorde,Poet
There are no newideas. There are onlynew ways of making
them felt.
Art does not emerge wholecloth from individualimaginations. Rather, itemerges through theartists engagement withprevious cultural materials.
MIT/MacArthur NewMedia LiteraciesWhite Paper
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Why Remix?
learn by taking culture apart & putting it back together.
- NML White Paper
Evaluation and analysis skills
Exposure to work of role models, peers
Take risks on top of existing scaffold
Ability to synthesize key concepts
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A collaborative writing toolthat allows students to
write individually and thenweave their ideas andlanguage together.
MixedInk combines the idea ofa wiki with a social ratingsystem like Digg
What is MixedInk?
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Wikis vs. MixedInk
Only one student can edit
at a time.
Shows the most recenteditors work.
Existing text limits freedom
to experiment.
Difficult to identifyindividual students work.
Many students can
participate at once.
Recognizes every studentswork.
Submit individual or
collaborative texts anytimein the process.
Authorship is trackedautomatically and color-coded.
Wikis MixedInk
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The MixedInk Process
Write
Create roughdrafts individually
Rate &comment
on peers work
Remix
Weaveclassmates
language & ideastogether into new
versions
Rate &comment
on peers work
Discusstop
version
Explore strengthsof top-rated
version(s)
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http://mixedink.com/MrKogan/ISTE
Lets Try It!
Prompt: Laptops in the Classroom:
Detrimental or Beneficial?
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Project Ideas
What type of assignments would work
well with MixedInk?
Lets discuss. Also, feel free to tweet
us your ideas to @mixedink.
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Tips (1)
Choose the right topic inquiry-based,debatable, specific, relevant to class.
Spend time establishing ethics of remixing. Provide some examples to start with.
Have students follow a structured process:
o Submit 1 original essay
o Rate 7 essays, comment on 3 essays
o Remix language from 2 or more essays to form a newversion
o Rate 10 essays, comment on 3 essays
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Tips (2)
Leave dedicated time at the end for ratings.
o Discuss and collectively establish clear criteria forrating.
Discuss and critique the top-rated essay atthe end, hard copies in hand.
The bigger the group, the better.
oAvoid splitting classes into small groups.
o Consider allowing students from different classperiods to work together.
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BasicPackage
Features:
Create and customize a project just like this. No limit on the number of participants.
Price: FREE!
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EducatorPackage
Password Protection. Limit projects to the studentsyou invite.
Pre-register students.Avoid wasting class time withregistration. No student email addresses needed.
Student reports. View the texts, comments, and votescontributed by each student to help with assessment.
Ad-free projects. Create advertising-free workspaces.
1 class $11/month
1 class $88/year
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Guru Package
Includes educator package features, PLUS:
Custom rating rubric. Customize the criteriastudents use to evaluate essays.
Advanced moderation. Remove offensivesubmissions and restore texts if studentsincorrectly mark them as inappropriate.
Export content. Export student content into anExcel or text file.
Up to 4 classes $28/month
Up to 4 classes $224/year
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Discussion
Distinguishing ethicalappropriation fromplagiarism
Practical questions about usingMixedInk
- Assessment
- Pacing
Anything else you want to discuss?
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New Media Literacies White Paper:http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/files/working/NMLWhitePaper.pdf
Evaluation survey:http://www.surveymk.com/s/byol-opensource_eval
Contact us!
Nate KoganHistory Teacher,Fort Worth Country [email protected]@nkogan
David [email protected]@mixedink @davestern
