Wiki+Teaching

Wiki Teaching
//‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’//

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Potential
//'How I've let people simplify my life with technology.' Ward Cunningham (Wiki inventor)//

Could the BTECNationalsinSport wiki be the meeting place for connectedthinking? Departments up and down the country are currently selecting their BTEC National courses titles, organising their units and configuring their delivery strategies. Rather than everyone write new resources for the NEW specifications, I thought we could write the resources collectively, //'many hands make light work.'// For the time being, I am using the wikispace to foster self-directed learning with the students at Tauntons College. If you need to more information on Web 2.0 (of which wikis are a good example) then visit the welcome page.

Collaboration
(Between Staff and with Students) //‘Give more than you are asked for and you will receive more than you ever expected’ Anonymous//

Q How to use a //‘three dimensional ring binder,'// to accelerate both teaching and learning within BTEC Nationals in Sport courses?

The BTECNationalsinSport wiki represents a course '3D ring binder,' to which staff and students can contribute. Remember Web 2.0 and wikis in particular are no longer linear in their structure or function, but rather dynamic and fluid. Web 2.0 means a whole lot more, than static text and information, which leads to a range of wiki teaching activities to add to and compliment classroom learning. (Just take a look at the bubbl.us document below.)

Wiki Teaching Ideas
The pedagogy behind the structure. Wiki teaching is not a new phenomenon, to put wiki teaching in perspective, [|Georgia Tech] wrote a cataloged of collaborative teaching strategies back in...... November 2000. This good news, we have a starting point, the processes remain relatively consistent.

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 * 1) **Distributed Information:** Where teachers and students are sharing information and the wiki role is to ease the collection and distribution of that information or cataloging of information, resources or FAQ.
 * 2) **Collaborative Artifact:** Where students are working to create a resource ‘together.’
 * 3) **Discussion and Review:** Where the wiki serves as a place to review a particular topic or lesson.
 * 4) **Other:** Those uses that we don’t have a category for yet.

These categories still provide the basis for 'collaborative' wiki learning but may also include the use email and discussion posts. There are also numerous emerging interactive and engaging online //'teachnology'// (see the tips and notices archive) that can be **embedded** into your site and finally, complimentary pedagogy strategies to support the learners. I have included a range of these below, in the hope you will try them, feedback, but also create and respond with your own new ideas. Still seeking more support? Terry Freedman offers some diverse and very practical help through his website. Take a good look at his [|Web 2.0 booklet 'Coming Of Age.'] also the [|Horizon Project 2006]and [|2007]reports that charts the future of ICT in education.

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Shared Calendars || Blogging and Vodcastings || Moviemaker ||
 * **Wiki Support Learning (WSL)** || **Embedded** || **Complimentary** ||
 * Collaborative Authoring || Audio and [|podcasting] (linked or embedded) || VOIP Conferencing and [|Yackpack] ||
 * Discussions Forums || Movies (created, linked or embedded) || Shared Desktops ||
 * Notice boards and communication
 * Assessment and quizzes || Polls, [|vizu] and [|Easy-poll] || Mobile Phones ||
 * Hyperlinks (external and internal) || RSS Feeds within wikis and [|feed reader]. || Online Assessments ||
 * Wiki mail || IM Learning Forums || Photo Story ||
 * Posting and Assessment for Learning (AFL) || Presentations and slide shows || [|Surveys] and form creators [|Jotform]) ||
 * Uploading or attaching files || [|Voicethread] || Shared Documents and [|Google] docs ||
 * Using templates || Mind Mapping (TAP) www.bubble.us || [|Report]writing ||
 * Personalised Learning || Annotation, [|bubbleshare]and [|mojiti] || Social Networks Ning ||
 * Grade Tracking || Create online trails with [|Trailfire], ||  ||
 * File sharing and resources || Toondoo ||  ||
 * || Quizzes and self-assessment. (Quizlet, Purpose Games ||  ||
 * || [|gizmoz] ||  ||
 * || Creating media presentations for students with [|scrapblog]. ||  ||