Vicki+Davis


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media type="custom" key="27974" [|Vicki Davis] teaches at [|Westwood Schools] in Camilla, Georgia. She teaches Computer Science to tenth graders, Computer Fundamentals to ninth graders, and elective courses such as Accounting and Computer Graphic Design to juniors and seniors. She has also taught keyboarding to 5th and 8th graders. toc =Vicki and Wikis=

Vicki has a wikicentric classroom. Her class wiki (http://westwood.wikispaces.com) won "Wikispace of the Month" in her first month using the wiki. Her tenth grade project, the [|Flat Classroom Project,] (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com) conducted in cooperation with Julie Lindsey at the International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh, recently won the International Edublog Award for best Wiki of 2006. This wiki project meets every [|new NETS standard] as proposed by ISTE as well as many of the old standards (as shown in the video correlating the flat classroom project to ISTE standards.) media type="google" key="1655320378680486235&hl=en"

=Uses of Wikis in the Classroom=

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Presentation Outline

 * 1) Why do we wiki?
 * 2) What is a wiki?
 * 3) Pedagogical uses of wikis in the classroom
 * 4) Time Permitting:
 * How does a wiki work
 * Wiki assessment
 * Common Administrator Questions

Notes on Presentation Format
You are the star! On specially marked slides you will be voting or asked to take the mike! Pay attention so that you can participate and learn!

=Wiki in the Classroom Resources=

[|K12 Online conference] Wiki Presentation:

The 28 minute video about what wikis are, their use in the classroom and how they work.

media type="google" key="-3429997833514823728&hl=en" > >> http://k12online.wm.edu/k12wikipresentatation_LowRes.wmv 18 MB > >> http://k12online.wm.edu/k12wikipresentation_highres.wmv 41 MB > >> http://k12online.wm.edu/K12shownotes.pdf > >> http://k12online.wm.edu/WikiGradingRubric.pdf > >> http://k12online.wm.edu/Web20classroom.pdf
 * **Presentation**
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 * **Supporting Links**
 * Show Notes
 * Wiki Grading Rubric
 * Components of an effective Web 2.0 Classroom

=Places where Vicki participates online:=

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 * http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ //- her award winning teacher blog//
 * //- the feed for Vicki's blog AND her del.icio.us bookmarks.//
 * http://westwood.wikispaces.com - //Vicki's class wiki//
 * //http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com - K12 wiki, started by the K12 online conference but still used by teachers around the world to solve problems. Ask to join, I'd love to have you!//
 * //-// Vicki's youtube channel
 * [|Women of Web 2] - cofounder of this group of four teachers who have a weekly webcast on Tuesday nights at 9 pm EST at edtechtalk.com (Archives of past podcasts including the interview with [|your professor], Sheryl, are at http://womenofweb2.podomatic.com/) All people interested in education welcome.
 * [|Tech Learning] - Vicki blogs every other week along with other leading educational bloggers