> Learning together: introducing Wikis - secondary

> Agenda for today

Approximate timings:2.15 pm Pre-course activities - discussion2.40 pm Ideas for secondary school wikis3.00 pm Creating a wiki3.20 pm Issues around using a wiki with

learners3.40 pm The Vital community, post-course activities

and forum3.55 pm Final questions and feedback form4 pm End

> Learning Objectives for the course

Professional and reflective practitioner skills:At the completion of this course, participants

should be able to:> Identify opportunities for groups of learners to use

wikis in a collaborative situation> Consider how wikis may be used in other contexts to

encourage learners to collaborate on multiply authored projects

> Learning Objectives for the course

Practical skills:At the completion of this course, participants

should be able to:> Create a wiki page using open source software or

register for a hosted wiki space> Make use of wikis that are already available on their

school VLE or learning platform

> Learning Objectives for the course

Knowledge and understanding:At the completion of this course, participants

should be able to:> Consider how a wiki could be used as a tool to

support learners in a collaborative activity> Understand how to support learners in the

collaborative activity by providing ground rules and making all learners feel able to add to the wiki

> Learning Objectives for the course

Cognitive skills:At the completion of this course, participants

should be able to:> Critically assess the use of wikis as a tool for

successful collaborative activity> Consider the issues around codes of conduct for

multiple authoring

> Our wikis.....

> Pre-Course Workspace (June to beg. Of September

> Virtual Schools Project> Mentor Wiki

https://my.pbworks.com/

> Wiki Providers> Useful to compare functionality and pricing (if

applicable) for these providers. Also check compatibility with schools’ firewall:

> http://www.wikispaces.com > http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/> See my colleague, Martin Belgrove wiki on

podcasting for an example of the ‘wetpaint wiki look’:

> http://martinspodcastingpages.wetpaint.com/> http://pbworks.com/> (pbworks is used by UEL Secondary Team)

> Your Chance to Test our Mentor wiki

> Create a page on our wiki – give it a name> Try these actions:

- Type some text on a page (Edit then Save)- Insert a Google picture/image (copyright free of course!)- Create a new page and then link this to your initial ‘home’ page or link to the navigation Side Bar

> Easy or not???

> Pre- Course Reading Activity 1 - Wikis

> ‘Pluses’ > ‘Minuses’

> Pre- Course Activity 1 Cont’d

> Access them from home as well as school to add content.

> An advantage for your learners, or would you be concerned about them accessing the wiki and adding material outside school?

> Would you prefer to have a wiki hosted on your school’s VLE or network

> Wikis can be edited by anyone given the rights to do so. You can allow all of your students to add material to the wiki and this can empower them to feel they have a special privilege to contribute to a project. Would you be worried about allowing all of them to edit the page, particularly as they might add content that carries errors or inappropriate material?

> Like anything that has multiple contributions, you will need to think about a code of conduct to ensure the learners know what they can and cannot do in the wiki. But have you already thought about this and how it might be addressed? Do you have any thoughts about the code of conduct your learners might need to ensure they behave appropriately in the wiki?

> Pre-Course Reading Activity 2 – Case Study

> The paper reflects strongly on the issues around wiki use and there are anecdotes relating to students’ responses to multiple authoring that may well resonate with your experiences.

> Activity 3 – Becta Report on Web 2.0 technologies

> Follow link from the course website – focus on page 20 (teacher perceptions of wikis and experiences of their use)

> IDEAS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL WIKIS

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples%20of%20educational%20wikishttp://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview?utm_campaign=nav-tracking&utm_source=Home%20navigation

>A CHANCE TO EXPLORE...

Although many school wikis require usernames and password, you can get an idea of the range of subjects they are being used for and American wikis seem to be made public by the teachers, very different to UK.

> Issues around creating and using wikis with learners.

> Local access problems in schools (however the school may have a local MLE/LMS with wiki functionality already available)

> Codes of conduct /AUPs – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette

> How would you put together a code of conduct, or wiki etiquette, for your group of learners?

> What next?> Register on Vital site if you haven’t already

done so.> Read the 3 documents listed in Prep. For f2f

session, if you’ve not managed to do so yet. > Contribute short comments on our Vital Forum

on: > pros and cons of wikis and strategies to avoid

problems (Vital Activity 4) . > Ideas for activities using wikis (Vital Activity 5) > Aim to complete by mid December? Evaluate

the course on the Vital website and then print off your Vital certificate!