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Kim Ibara

Wikispaces - Private Label - Case Study - Birmingham Public Schools - 1 views

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private wikispaces birmingham web2.0 platform

shared by Kim Ibara on 01 May 10 - Cached
  • They found that Wikispaces was an ideal tool: quick and easy to get started, but something that could grow with them as the program got bigger and involved more and more teachers with varying degrees of technical experience.
  • They found that Wikispaces was an ideal tool: quick and easy to get started, but something that could grow with them as the program got bigger and involved more and more teachers with varying degrees of technical experience.
  • In the beginning, BPS set out with one wiki each for each of the eight teachers in the program pilot, plus a professional development/curriculum development wiki and a separate wiki for the !gnite facilitators.
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  • "We provided tech skills training on an as-needed basis and through a combination of mini lessons, exploration, problem-solving challenges, and group discussions. Almost all of those discussions were within the context of using it with kids or as a professional tool. Never did we do traditional hour long or day long hands-on workshops."
  • The !gnite team also made a point of reaching out to the community by making presentations to the board of education and to parents, so that they understand what wikis are and what they mean to the students. Recently, those have been led by the classroom teachers themselves.
  • Kim Ibara on 01 May 10
     
    Description of how !gnite program in Birmingham, MI is using the Private Label version of Wikispaces
  • Kim Ibara on 01 May 10
     
    !gnite program in Birmingham, MI is using the Private Label version of Wikispaces as their district wide platform. The article also mentions some good implementation ideas regarding their 1:1 program.
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