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The Prime Example - Wikipedia
An example lesson plan to introduce the conceptual framework of Wikipedia: http://murcha.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/walking-a-wiki-the-marathon-style/
Examples of educational wikis
We're looking for good examples of *collaborative projects* - especially for language learning!
Can you add more? Do you have a wiki you've used for class?
2 examples - Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame (done as a webquest) and Top 50 Rockers (ind projects)
Database of CMC activities - search for "wikis"
Some grade school creative writing and audio
Penn State Communications Class Team Projects
A district uses this space to share rubrics and other information
http://deepriver.wikispaces.com/
University of Montana English Language Institute: eliwiki.pbwiki.com/
Regions de France - collaborative class project: regionsdefrance.wikispaces.com/
CobbESL - example of teacher training with a wiki (adapt it for your class!) cobbesol.pbwiki.com/
SUA Learning Clusters Vocabulary - collaborative vocabulary wiki! suavocab.wetpaint.com/
Research and Writing - a composition course wiki rw303.wetpaint.com/page/First+Essay
Collaborative writing project - students in colors http://aphistoria.pbwiki.com/Common+Page
Ideas for using wikis for world language education:http://worldlanguagewikis.wikispaces.com/Examples
Webster ESL Program wiki websteresl.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
Collaborative wiki project between schools in CA and VT coasttocoast.pbwiki.com/
K-12 ESL wiki site inspireenglish.pbwiki.com/
ABE ESL wiki site, a framework eslwiki.pbwiki.com/
Student-created study guide for historical novel wiki.woodward.edu/hannalee/doku.php
Links to a variety of EFL wikis wikisinefl.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+EFL
Spanish movie reviews: http://span1003sec005mesaredonda3.pbwiki.com/
ESL Online Newspaper: http://topicsinmedia.pbwiki.com and http://topicsinmediasection2.pbwiki.com
Here is a "catalogue" of uses for the "collaborative web"
Wiki Features
- each student has their own login
- security features, especially with "premium" account
- accountability - you know who did what when
- embed multimedia (graphics, text, movies, gadgets)
- "rollbacks" to change mistakes or damage
Trade-offs
- CMS with internal wiki - one login
- customization
- public
- ease of use
- plugins
- advertising
There are many places that offer wiki spaces - here are a few of them in comparison
Articles with information/ideas
Borja, R. (2006). Educators experiment with students-written wikis. Education Week, 25(30).
Godwin-Jones, R. (2008). Emerging technologies. Web-writing 2.0: Enabling, documenting, and assessing writing online. Language Learning & Technology, (12)2. (pdf)
U of MN Tech Talk episode - "Blogs and Wikis"
http://techtalk.umn.edu/episodes/season4/407.shtml
Cool, but I have to grade this...
Look at the top right the page:
Under View All Pages - you can see how many edits have been made
Click the Revisions to see who has edited and do a comparison to see the types of changes made
Use a participation rubric:
Teacher and peer ratings
Add Your Ideas
What ideas do you have for collaboration in wikis - for language classes?
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