Class+4-Jan.+17

**Agenda** 1 Questions? 2 Discussion of Readings
 * What is a wiki? What are the characteristics of a wiki?
 * How does a wiki differ from a website? Blog?
 * What are the benefits of using a wiki in the classroom?
 * What are the barriers?
 * You read two articles about using wikis in the classroom. As a teacher, what did you learn from this articles that will inform your use of wikis in your future classroom?
 * How many of you were not allowed to use Wikipedia in high school? Imagine you go back in time, make an argument for you English teacher for why you should be able to use Wikipedia.

3 Wikis in Plain English 4 Examples of Educational Wiki 5

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6 Wiki: Sign-up-- pbworks (novice) or wikispaces (more advanced also more advanced students can explore Google documents). 7 Create a Wiki Wikispaces
 * create a page
 * add an image
 * add a file
 * add a link
 * change your template
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start;">add an avatar
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start;">change your setting
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start;">adding/approving users

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Readings ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">//WebQuest// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start;">Tom March <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start;">What is a WebQuest? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Is it collaborative? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">What is scaffolding? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">What quick question can resolve whether a WebQuest is worth using? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">In what learning theories are WebQuest grounded? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">What is the litmus test for the group process---WebQuest? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">What must students do <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bernie Dodge  Website

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Know what each section of a webquest should have on it. Dodge is very specific. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">For the Task, students must do what with the information they have garnered from the Quest?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Today's Objectives **


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
 * 7) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
 * 8) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
 * 9) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.