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using wikis in the classroom

This wiki from Wes Fryer is all about cyberbullying and internet safety. "Generally adults help young people learn to drive safely before giving them car keys and turning them loose on the streets of the world. Young people also need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. Schools must be proactive, rather than merely defensive, in helping students acquire the skills of digital citizenship needed today and in the future. Simply banning read/write web tools on school networks is an inadequate response: Educators must strive to learn alongside students and parents how these technologies can be safely and powerfully used to communicate and collaborate."

Since the Twitter folks hadn't put up a wiki yet, it seemed like a good idea to get one going out of the community.

It is relatively easy for someone to SCARE parents away from the Internet. There ARE bad things and people making bad choices on the Internet, but there are many compelling resources and interactive tools available which can be used for learning and communication. In this wiki presentation, Wes Fryer focusses on practical things parents can do with children of different ages to promote safe online behavior and also help young people develop the ethical capacities to make good decisions as well as remain open to communicating about their online experiences with others.

This You Tube movie looks at how the US Best Buy chain is using Social Networking tools including wikis and other networking tools and spaces. Note the lack of mention of Office Suites and presentation tools such as PowerPoint. Fabulous evidence to counter arguments that we should be concentrating on teaching about the tools that workplaces use and not social networking.

Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson? A Comparison Table

"The interest in game-based learning has accelerated considerably in recent years, driven by clear successes in military and industrial training as well as by emerging research into the cognitive benefits of game play." - 2010 Horizon Report: K12 Edition Using gaming as a vehicle for learning is a very powerful idea and one that is under-utilized. This wiki is an attempt to create a comprehensive resource about gaming that we can all learn from - all contributions welcome!"

Doug Belshaw has collected together many definitions of digital literacy in this wiki page

Welcome to Jeff Utecht's wiki handouts!

This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too.

The main aim of this wiki is to create and encourage a dialogue around what education should look like in the year 2020.

wiki that contains information on digital research tools

This wiki is designed to give you a little more background on the Did You Know? presentation

Susie Vesper's wiki

Educators and students around the world spoke, and Wetpaint listened! Advertising will now be removed from qualified education sites to keep the focus on collaboration and learning.

via Andrew Sartori (Sartz). I didn't realise that wetpaint wikis were also free for educators!