Flex Nicole Settanni, RMS Literacy Coach Alexis Swinehart, RHS Literacy Coach

1. Grab a folder & some candy 2. Complete the survey 3. Read “Unleashing Potential with Emerging Technology” pg 213 – 215 Reading purpose: Pull out a phrase/sentence grabs your attention.

Session 1 - Wikis Session 2 - Blogs (February 9th 3:15 - 5:15) Session 3 - Google Docs and Other Media Literacy (March 9th 3:15 - 5:15)

 Introduction & Warm Up  What is a Wiki  Wiki Exploration  Wrap Up - Homework

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Get students writing Gives students authentic audience Promotes collaborative learning Allows everyone to participate Classroom management tool Encourages student engagement

Def: a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize a web page content in a collaborative manner

 Collaborative Writing Environment – students can edit/revise content  Useful Teaching Resource  audio files  videos clips  document files  What else?

Resources Creation Educational Wikis  Study guides : Ask students to create study guides for a specific part of the unit you’re studying.  Solving wiki : Post difficult math problems, such as calculus, so that the class can collaboratively solve them.  Glossary : Get your class to create a glossary of terms they use and learn about in new units, adding definitions and images.  Class encyclopedia : Ask your class to create an "encyclopedia" on a topic, adding useful information that can be built upon through the years.

Libby Cornman: Radnor Elementary School Description: Site for notes and resource links.

Ah Bon French: Middle School Description: A site for French beginners for Middle School teachers to use in the classroom and for students to use at home for extra practice. There are notes, flashcards, videos, and several online exercises, stressing differentiated instruction.

Student Participation Educational Wikis  Exam review : Encourage students to share review notes and other helpful pieces of information on your classroom’s wiki.  Student portfolios : Assign portfolio pages to each of your students, and allow them to display and discuss their work.  Peer editing : Ask students to edit each others’ work for spelling, grammar, and facts based on a style guide or rules you’ve defined.  Vocabulary lists : Encourage students to submit words that they had trouble with, along with a dictionary entry.  Share notes : Let your students share their collective information so that everyone gets a better understanding of the subject.

bbamusic Description: This wiki was built to serve as the online resource site for all music courses at Burr and Burton Academy. All projects and resources are stored in one location for all courses. Student build their own portfolios as well and link to our site.

The Caves of Mull Description: A wiki based 'choose your own adventure' game created by pupils as part of their Writing course.

Group Projects Educational Wikis  Group authoring : By asking groups to use central documents in a wiki, you can ensure that everyone’s documentation will be uniform.  Organize ideas : Allow group members to post their ideas in a wiki, and you’ll cut down on duplicate ideas, while at the same time allowing them to build upon the ideas.  Track projects : With wikis, it’s easy for students to see which tasks have been completed and which ones still need to be fulfilled.

“Missing History Project” Description: Collaborative groups will become historians and “fill-in” the gaps in history by creating a “virtual” textbook for certain events that are important but are generally glossed (skipped) over in traditional textbooks.

Booktalking With You Description: Resources for promoting reading Topic: book reviews and podcasts, reading, literacy

Student Interaction Educational Wikis  Mock-debate : Pit two class candidates against each other and perform a debate on your wiki.  Multi-author story : Start a creative writing unit, and get your students to write a short story together, each writing a small amount of the story.  Share reviews : Post articles for different movies, books, and TV shows, encouraging students to share what they thought about them.  Literature circles : Host a book club on your wiki where students are required to read the same book, then discuss it on the wiki.

Monitoring Usage - Notifications Monitor Content - History Tab Monitor Membership - Permissions

Free wikis can be maintained at:

Go to your inbox and accept wiki invitation. ( If you have never logged onto Wikispaces, you should create a log-on and password now. On the left side, click “new page.” Create a page of your own! This can be any format you’d like. You will be posting your work for this flex on this page. Try out different fonts, try a hyperlink, or adding a picture. This is your chance to TRY! Need ideas? Go to the Resources Page on this wiki and look around!

 Next Session is February 9 th 3:15-5:15.  Create a wikipage on the TWOEFlex page Include at least ▪ One image ▪ One file ▪ One link ▪ Media file (optional)  Feeling Ambitious? – Create a class Wiki page