My first workshop of the week was Web 2.0 Tools for Developing Differentiating Digital Content. Quite a bit of time was spent on learning to use the Digital Generation's Curriculum wiki. I liked some of the philosophy that was discussed as Web 2.0 tools can be used in different ways for different learning styles.
Using the wiki, however, seemed difficult. We had to learn some formatting commands in order to place pictures, add audio, etc. The wiki I created is called Understanding Matter. If we want to move teachers away from being web developers, I'm not sure this particular wiki is the place to go. There are other options such as wetpaint, wikispaces, pbwiki, etc.
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Nice to meet you at ICE!
Allison
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Are these Wiki's customizable by students? Can you see who posted what?
Yes, anyone can see the wiki. I also learned that all it takes is an email to the folks at wetpaint telling them you are an educator and want to create a classroom wiki to remove the adds.
Also, anyone can edit the wiki. There is little security at curriculum wiki.
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