Wiki workshops offered at *Journey to Learn* in 2009. Teachers claim wikis are an invaluable teaching tool. Source: http://www.theconsortiumforpubliceducation.org/jtl09wrapup.htm
Jennifer Sylves <http://mail.google.com/Jennifer_Sylves> uses Wikis for class projects because: - the web-based collaboration sites of wikis *help students with organization* - wikis create a sense of “*individual accountability* - wikis create a sense of *interdependence* among the students. - Teaching with wikis can *draw together students who might not otherwise interact*. - Teaching with wikis can *help lower-achieving students contribute* on an even footing with students who excel, said Jennifer Sylves<http://mail.google.com/Jennifer_Sylves>, an English teacher in western Pennsylvania's Trinity High School. “They (wikis) give everyone a meaningful task, so they (wikis) level the playing field.” Jennifer Sylves <http://mail.google.com/Jennifer_Sylves> finds wikis an invaluable teaching tool. She and a colleague, Nancy Hoffman<http://mail.google.com/Nancy_Hoffman>, who teaches math and computer science, presented a workshop about Wikis to peers from across the region as part of The Consortium for Public Education’s 2009 Journey to Learn<http://www.theconsortiumforpubliceducation.org/jtl09wrapup.htm>. Journey to Learn is a regional in-service day for teachers to share best practices across district lines. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
