Hi Peter, Very good. Looking forward to seeing this cluster develop strong 'legs'.
Randy On May 23, 7:07 pm, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed. > > Next week I meet with one of our local K12 school principals. The idea > I'm pitching is to have the students collaborate with another school > (from another Commonwealth Country) to develop thier particular grades > curriculum all within WE. It's sort of my way of initiating greater > development of K12 content within WE by having the students do it... > > I'll start a new discussion thread on this as I get to my next step of > developing a Statement of Work (SOW) for this... This will all be very > Learner focused... > > Cheers, P > > On May 23, 10:12 am, "Randy Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looks like we have a developing cluster here - focused on Learners! > > > Peter, Leo, Nellie, Declan - blaze the trail! > > > - Randy > > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Declan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I think the answer to Peter's question should be 'both'. I see scope > > > for entry-level students, and also room for more scholarly > > > contributions. > > > > My little project brings a class of 30+ students to Wikieducator. > > > They range from first year third-level students to third year working > > > in mixed-age teams with three or four members per team. All of their > > > writing assignments for the course are in Wikieducator. > > > > Reflection: I require an online reflection on their classroom > > > experience. This combines practical advice like 'don't let the > > > students have the crayons before needed' and also more thoughtful > > > reflection. Wayne suggested that the students might also reflect on > > > the wiki experience and more than half of them did: > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_reflections > > > > Reasons to come back: For WE to convert students to active users, the > > > material that students contribute must be of long-term value to them. > > > While we academics consider that the materials in our disciplines will > > > be of long-term use to students, the reality is that not all material > > > will resonate with all students. On the one hand I don't require my > > > Community Ecology students to write content for WE because I recognize > > > that some of them will be medical professionals, others will be > > > environmental consultants, and perhaps one or two from a class of 20 > > > will become educators or community ecologists. On the other hand > > > students in my Biology in Elementary Schools course are preparing to > > > be primary school teachers. If they work hard to develop a lesson > > > plan, try it out, reflect on it, and put it in WE, my perhaps naive > > > hope is that they'll be back to WE to use that information. > > > > I think it is valuable to have students engage in a broader community > > > and to contribute. I think it benefits the community, but more > > > importantly I think it benefits the students directly. Anything that > > > encourages students to more highly value their work than simply a > > > means of earning a grade is helps move their aspirations to a higher > > > level. Simply by saying 'this is a useful contribution', and 'others > > > will gain by your efforts', we are enforcing the idea that a student > > > is not just a student, but also are a valid contributed to their > > > field. > > > > Costs: Not all students are A students. Some contributions will be > > > less than stellar. However, WE is a collaborative medium. None of > > > should be shy about tweaking a page once the WIP tag has been > > > removed. My hope is that when teachers use a lesson plan and find a > > > new angle, they will share that information with the rest of us. > > > > Peter and other contributors, thanks for starting a most interesting > > > discussion. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Declan > > > -- > > ________________ > > Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change and Designing Sustainable Ecosystems to > > Improve Performance- for People, Teams, Communities, and > > Organizationshttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher > > > + 1 604.684.2275 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Skype: wikirandy- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator, go to: http://www.wikieducator.org To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
