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Using Wikispaces To Promote Independent Reading

Using Wikispaces To Promote Independent Reading. Friday May 1 st , 2009 Janet Jundler ESL Teacher Marc Kopyto Teacher/Librarian Earl Haig Secondary School, TDSB. agenda. Definition --what is a wiki? Placemat activity Connections to the curriculum www.wikispaces.com

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Using Wikispaces To Promote Independent Reading

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  1. Using Wikispaces To Promote Independent Reading Friday May 1st, 2009 Janet Jundler ESL Teacher Marc Kopyto Teacher/Librarian Earl Haig Secondary School, TDSB

  2. agenda • Definition --what is a wiki? • Placemat activity • Connections to the curriculum • www.wikispaces.com • Assignment description (what we did) • White Pine resources (small group discussion) • Discussion threads (what students wrote) • Student survey – Student responses • Parking lot (questions & answers)

  3. What is a wiki anyway? • wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick • webpage that is easy to create and edit • different companies offer free wiki hosting • wikis are often used to create collaborative websites • a collaborative encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is one of the best known wikis

  4. user generated content & web 2.0

  5. Web 2.0

  6. 2006 Time Person Of The Year

  7. Placemat Activity What strategies do you use in your classroom to promote independent reading? What worked well?

  8. “The popular culture of today is the academic culture of tomorrow.” – Paulo Coelho author of The Alchemist

  9. Connections to the curriculum Socio-Cultural Competence And Media Literacy • Register (1.1) - use of appropriate language • Study skills and strategies (3.2) - manage time efficiently • Strategies for the cooperative classroom (3.3) - Listening (reading) actively • Constructive criticism

  10. Connections to the curriculum Reading • Reading a variety of texts (1.1) • Demonstrating understanding (1.2) • Responding to and evaluating texts (1.3) • Literary elements (1.5)

  11. Reading Strategies (2.1) • Teacher prompts “What types of questions do you ask yourself to help monitor your reading?” • Text features (2.2) • Grammatical structures (2.4) • Vocabulary building strategies (3.1)

  12. Connections to the curriculum Writing • Writing for academic purposes (1.1) • Personal purposes (1.2) - Grammatical Structures (3.1) Language Reference Chart

  13. The role of technology in the classroom "This is about how to get more kids engaged and graduating, about using technology that really supports learning in a way that kids want to learn.“ --Dave Walpole, director of program policy TDSB

  14. Wikispaces.com

  15. Free upgrade for k- 12 educators

  16. students generate the content tabs make navigation simple students create the content for their book page

  17. creating and editing pages

  18. Recent Changes – Discussions list of pages created by students

  19. Recent Changes RSS feeds allow you track changes easily

  20. wiki widgets: built-in computer applications that allow users to create a dynamic web experience.

  21. What we did • Library visit at the beginning of the year • Students went to the library to select books, create wikispaces account & learned how to create the wiki • Assignment, rubric and expectations discussed in class • Discussion about on-line Netiquette • Book club questions

  22. students work collaboratively and individually

  23. What we did --sustaining the wiki • Model book talk • Daily silent reading + book club discussions • Teacher involvement • Daily verbal and written reminders (wiki -talks) • Feedback on the online discussion in class • Library visits -book exchange • Wiki survey (metacognitive)

  24. Evaluating student contribution 2 meaningful posts per week Extrinsic motivation • grades Rubric Formative and summative assessment

  25. Discussion threads (what the students wrote) Discuss at your table… • the depth of the content • the vocabulary and language used • adherence to proper etiquette • the breadth of the discussion • questions and responses • other observations?

  26. The goals of the White Pine Award program are: • promote reading for enjoyment • make students aware of Canadian issues addressed in young adult books • provide opportunities for students to discuss the nominated titles in an authentic, academic manner Ontario Library Association'sLiteracy Initiative

  27. Student responses “When you don’t feel the school and class environment, I think you feel more comfortable so you can share ideas easier.” “ We need to use formal English… we can’t use MSN language or swearing words. And it can correct our bad habits.”

  28. Student responses “I read more since I started this wiki because I want to finish the book faster so I can explain about the book.” “It is a new kind of technology instead of writing book report and also helps us improve our language and writing skills.”

  29. Questions? marc.kopyto@tel.tdsb.on.ca janet.jundler@tel.tdsb.on.ca

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