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April 30, 2006

Creating A Wiki

In this characteristic I'd similar to exhibit y'all how to practise your ain complimentary wiki using 'Wetpaint' in addition to await at closed to of the reasons for using wikis to make educational goals.

First, for those of y'all who don't know what a wiki is, here's a quick Definition which comes from 1 of the almost famous wikis, Using wikis alongside EFL students
  • Using wikis for instructor development

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    March 3, 2006

    Crowdsourcing Cognition Amongst Students

    Over the final few weeks I convey been playing alongside a really unproblematic brainstorming together with voting website called tricider. The groovy affair most tricider is that it is incredibly quick together with unproblematic to use, together with nonetheless it enables users to collect information together with opinions from all over the spider web inward a really easily digestible together with powerful way.

    It's really tardily to practise a tricider topic or inquiry together with you lot don't fifty-fifty withdraw to register, only type your topic or inquiry into the field.

    Over the final few weeks I convey been playing alongside a really unproblematic brainstorming together with voting w Crowdsourcing Knowledge alongside Students
    You tin give notice also add together a flake to a greater extent than item together with instructions to guide your students.

    Over the final few weeks I convey been playing alongside a really unproblematic brainstorming together with voting w Crowdsourcing Knowledge alongside StudentsAfter you lot convey saved the description, you lot or your students tin give notice offset adding solutions.
    Over the final few weeks I convey been playing alongside a really unproblematic brainstorming together with voting w Crowdsourcing Knowledge alongside Students
    Once at that spot are some solutions added it's tardily to either vote for them or add together arguments for or against, using the + or - symbols.

    Over the final few weeks I convey been playing alongside a really unproblematic brainstorming together with voting w Crowdsourcing Knowledge alongside Students
    Once you lot convey ready your page you lot tin give notice add together your e-mail then that you lot acquire notifications when e'er anyone adds something novel or votes. You tin give notice also acquire a URL to edit the page (in instance anyone adds something offensive) together with a divide URL to either part alongside your students or post to Twtter or Facebook.

    Here are some examples that I convey ready to crowdsource inward formation from my PLN.
    So how tin give notice nosotros utilization this alongside students?
    • Set upwards some controversial statements together with acquire students to vote for the ones they handgrip / disagree alongside together with run out pro together with con comments. You could assign groups of students to all mean value of pros together with some other grouping to mean value of cons together with meet which tin give notice come upwards up alongside the most convincing arguments. Example: Controversial Issues
    • Your statements could hold upwards most a especial majority your students are studying together with they could add together arguments for or against. Example: Goldilocks together with the three Bears
    • Get students to brainstorm give-and-take or phrases based or then a theme. Example: Computer Phrases
    • Get students to vote on a listing of topics they desire to study. Example: Topics
    • Put upwards a listing of favourite films or books or bands together with acquire students to vote together with fighting which is best. Example: Favourite films
    • Get students to brainstorm, fighting together with part noesis most whatsoever especial topic or fifty-fifty linguistic communication point. Example: Present Continuous
    • Set upwards truthful faux questions to banking concern gibe comprehension of a text.
    • Create activity inquiry questionnaires to acquire feedback on the things you lot practise inward class. Example: Things nosotros practise inward Class
    • Create needs analysis questionnaires for your students or other colleagues. Example: Needs Analysis
    • Get students practise their ain questionnaires together with circulate them online (through Twitter or Facebook) to collect opinions. You could also acquire the students to utilization this information equally role of a written assignment.


    What's then proficient most tricider?
    • It's gratis together with actually quick together with tardily to use.
    • It's allows people to interact together with part opinions.
    • It doesn't require whatsoever registration.
    • It's really unproblematic for students to add together their arguments or only vote.
    • It updates really chop-chop then you lot could utilization it alive inward course of report together with only click refresh equally students add together opinions or vote.
    • It's versatile.
    • It tin give notice help students describe inward opinions from exterior their classroom together with also part opinions beyond their school.
    • It creates easily digestible information.
    What's non then good?
    • Well there's non much wrong, but a brace of overnice extra features would be:
    • An embed code to let me to embed the page into a weblog or wiki.
    • An archive push to enable me to unopen some of the debates then they don't become on forever.
    • The might to export the results to pdf or csv.
    Well I promise you lot detect tricider a useful tool together with delight practise part whatsoever ideas you lot convey for using it inward the comments below.

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    Nik Peachey
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