The Wonderful World of Wikis Digital Learning in the 21st Century

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The Wonderful World of WikisDigital Learning in
the 21st Century
MOVERS SHAKERS Of the 20th Century
ISRAEL FACES

• by Melissa Weglein and Phylis Goldman

Neveh Channah Girls Torah HS Alon Shvut, Gush
Etzion
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact
usMelissa melweglein_at_gmail.comPhylis
phylisg_at_gmail.com
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What are Wikis?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• A collection of web pages designed to enable
  anyone who accesses them to contribute or modify
  content, using a simplified markup language.
• A tool to create collaborative websites such as
  the collaborative encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
• A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to
  create new pages within the wiki Web site.
• A wiki seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing
  process of creation and collaboration that
  constantly changes the Web site landscape.
• A defining characteristic of wiki technology is
  the ease with which pages can be created and
  updated.
• A single page in a wiki website is referred to as
  a "wiki page", while the entire collection of
  pages, which are usually well interconnected by
  hyperlinks, is "the wiki".
• A wiki is essentially a database for creating,
  browsing, and searching through information.

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How do we access the Wikis?

• Neveh Channahs Home Page
• http//www.nevnet.etzion.k12.il/newmenu.htm
• Projects 2008

• Movers and Shakers
• Israel Faces

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Why use Wikis for project work?

• Organization
• Publishing
• History
• Instant Feedback (Discussion)
• Peer Feedback (Discussion)
• Web 2.0 Technology

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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyOrganizing
the Projectdeveloped by Tamar Bruck and Phylis
Goldman

• Description and Explanation of the Project
• In this project students chose to write about a
  person who changed the world during the last
  century. The person had to influence the world
  and create a positive change.
• The students' research delved into this persons
  background, motives and actions as well as how
  he/she contributed to making the world a better
  place to live in.
• Working on the project, the students practiced
  both research and writing skills. They worked
  collaboratively, created a website to present
  their project, and as a concluding activity,
  reviewed their peers websites giving feedback
  relating to the content as well as the websites
  aesthetics and technology.

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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyOrganizing
the Project

• Project Time Schedule

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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyOrganizing
the Project

• Worksheets to teach the various skills

Project Journal Research
http//movers-and-shakers.wikispaces.com/Assignmen
tWorksheets
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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site - Publishing
http//movers-and-shakers.wikispaces.com/
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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site - Publishing
http//movers-and-shakers.wikispaces.com/WhowasA
rielSharon3F
Wikispaces editing toolbar very similar to the
WORD toolbar
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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site - Publishing

• Publishing

http//movers-and-shakers.wikispaces.com/JanuszKo
rczak2CTheManandtheLegend
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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site - Publishing
Reflections
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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site

• History

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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site

• Instant Teacher Feedback

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Movers and Shakers of the 20th CenturyThe Wiki
Site

• Peer Review/ Feedback

http//movers-and-shakers.wikispaces.com/YoniNeta
nyahubyTamarSh.2CNaamaandYael
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Israel Faces Projectdeveloped by Melissa Weglein
and Reuven Werber

• Wiki Project for English Speakers
• Collaborative Learning
• Rich Extensions
• Opportunity for Personalized Advancement
• Space for Introspection

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Why Wiki?

• The Medium is the Message Marshall McLuhan
• The chosen media influences the message received
• Students learning through Web 2.0 Technology
  receive the message that they are learning for
  their future.
• Maximizes on-task learning
• Students learn through thinking, creating,
  experiencing, evaluating, doing.

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Project Goals
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Our Wikispace A Dynamic Interactive Classroom

• A Two-step Process
• Preparation through Introspection and
  Collaboration
• Individual Projects

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Our CollaboratorsWeberwriters
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Self-profiling An opportunity for sharing and
introspection
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Self-profiling An opportunity for sharing, and
preparation for the project
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Aubrey from Atlanta
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Discussion Forum self-motivated output Tova
responds
Students commented I found myself checking my
spelling because I didnt want to look stupid"!

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Weekly Question
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Weekly Question Finding Common Ground
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To Understand and Respect
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Images of Israelapplication of definition to a
new medium

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Images

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Poetry Corner
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Elianas Translation of ???? ???????? ???
?????
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AND FINALLY.

• The I-Faces Project!!

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OUR HOME BASE FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT
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Project Time Schedule
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Rationale Due Dates
Organization
Checklists
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Preparing Students for Interviewing
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Profile
http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/R27nana27sI-
FaceProject
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Background Research
http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/R27nana27sI-
FaceProjecttoc3

• Bridging to other Contexts

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Literary Connection
http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/Kinneret27sI-
FaceProjecttoc3
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Creative ConnectionApproaching Multiple
Intelligences
Tovas Poem http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/T
ova27sI-FaceProjecttoc7 Hodayas Slideshare
http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/Hodaya27sI-Fa
ceProjecttoc5
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Maayans Thoughts on Painting Her Eye

• Why would one paint when he could just take a
  picture?? Every artist has been asked this
  question at a certain point.
• In a picture you can capture, more or less, what
  you see. In a painting, I feel, you have the
  opportunity to express not what you see, but how
  what you see affects you personally.
• For my creative assignment I have chosen to
  paint a painting of an eye, the window into ones
  soul.Throughout working on this Ifaces Project,
  I see more and more clearly that the Jewish soul
  has a special connection to its land.
• In the eyes reflection I posted pictures of
  places in Israel to symbolize the effect this
  connection has on our being. It blends in and
  becomes a part of us.

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Web 2.0 Technology in our Project

• Video Conferencing with our Partners
• Temimas Creative Connection Arriving in Israel
• http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid7665436422
  910258729
• Animotos web-based animated slideshows
• http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/Israelat60P
  roject
• Rnana
• Orly
• Tamars Video of Moshav Amiram
• http//israel-faces.wikispaces.com/Tamar27sI-Fac
  eProject
• Embedded YouTube Videos
• Links to Songs and Poetry

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Reflection

• A channel for self-improvement
• I see what I can do better
• I see what Ive done well
• Gives teacher a guide for common student/teacher
  goals
• Gives teacher feedback
• Creates foundation for independent learning
• Gives student and teacher retroactive
  appreciation facilitating stronger cooperation
  for future projects

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Kinnerets Reflection

• As much as I love my home in Israel, i didn't
  quite understand the concept of a single person
  who represents a whole nation to me.
• It took me a long time to choose a person to
  interview. I felt that it wasn't a simple
  question- who represents the face of Israel to
  me. There are so many aspects of Israel, and so
  many people who contribute to it. How could I
  pick just one person?
• On the other hand, the idea of interacting with
  students in a different country made it seem a
  little more interesting to me. Hearing different
  opinions of other Jewish kids around the world,
  made this project seem more fun. I figured that
  hearing their thoughts on my work would encourage
  me to keep an open mind and to think about things
  through their eyes. Maybe they had a lot to teach
  me? Furthermore, I wanted them to see what life
  in Israel was really like.

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Chanitas Reflection

• Before I started the project I thought I would
  not gain anything, I thought it would be another
  project just like any other. But somewhere in the
  middle I just clicked, I felt I was actually
  looking forward to interviewing and learning more
  about the project.
• If I had to say my favorite part of writing this
  project, it would probably be interviewing my
  brother (Eitan Gordon) because when I was
  interviewing him it made Koby in my eye's more
  human, like when he told me that Koby was really
  funny or that he loved pizza, it made me able to
  relate to him. Instead of looking at Koby like
  someone from above, I look at him like a real
  person. I would not change one thing about this
  project, I love the way it turned out.

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A Vision of K-12 Students TodayB. Nesbitt
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v_A-ZVCjfWf8
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