Look forward to working with you all. Will sit down and read your TIPS this weekend and hope to share something insightlful.
Last night, I read a book called Blog, Wikis and Podcasts (get back to you on the author, but he was fabulous). Great book for anyone learning about the social network of web 2.0.
I have been working on my TIP since school started but it has been a very slow process. I introduced my students to WETPAINT (wiki) and had them post their genetic project on the LeporeScience site. I will start to journal some what happened during that time this weekend. This was only to get them familiar with how to use the site. Right now, they are using it to submit group lab reports. It is due this week.
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Could you guys email me your TIP proposal or is there another way I can access it so that I can start reading.
Hah HAH! Yeah, I gotta find my TIP proposal. I have it, it's just one one of my laptops or portable hard drives. I'll have it in a day, PROMISE:)
As for your initial introduction (redundant) for your kids, I LIKE IT! Second semester starts next Monday and I'm going to have all my kids go on and just play around with a fake/pre-wiki wiki. I like that idea, I just want them to see what they can and can't do.
Wil and I are going to be using Sharepoint's wiki. It's not AS snazzy as PBwiki, but it'll do the job (actually Wil is going to use a blog I think, I'm doing the wiki). For next week I'm going to have the students play. Nothing more, nothing less. Just play and add and edit things. I'll make it a fun topic before I hit them with the TRUE intention, their own research civilizations.
I plan to check this every night, but right now it'll be every other night since I'm smack-dab in the middle of exam week and I'm up to my eyeballs in projects and papers. Rest assured I'm going to be heeeeeere!
John
Holy COW I write a lot. You've been warned.
HAHA! My TIP is on something packed away in moving boxes... or it might be on a drive at work. I like how y'all have these tidy inquiry projects- try it on the kids and see what they do. I think they will love the opportunity to be creative and to share their tech skills (and the ones they pick up from the inquiry) with one another. Very cool.
Hi Paula. Just checking in to let you know I'm gonna get my TIP up and sent to YOU.
And can you send me yours? Oh wait, I think you have it on your blog. I'll go check. If not, send me pretty please?
Paula L.
The issue of getting students to work collaboratively in groups is, indeed, an important one. I’m glad that you’re addressing it in your TIP. Here are a few questions that came to mind as I read your TIP. The idea of “interaction” is a tricky one because of there are all kinds of interaction, not all of them really productive. In your survey, do feel that you will get enough information to discern productive from less productive interactions? For example, if students build on each other’s ideas in a discussion that’s great. But, if they just post an opinion without connecting to others, that’s something different. What do you think? David W.
I have spent the better part of my weekend, posting feedback threads on wetpaint for students to read. A couple hours were also spent in tears while watching the movie "The Bucket List". If you want to use up some tissue give it a watch.
What did I learn this weekend?
-a lab report is much easier to grade if I just need to scroll up and down rather than click on links to every section of a lab
-it was interesting to read discussions students had posted
-instead of me just providing feedback , I have asked some administrators, parents and students to log in and post comments as well
-a discussion thread should allow for continued learning, after providing feedback a student has a forum to respond and comment, it is sometimes to find time during the day to discuss ideas further
-the website has its own RSS feed so I can see who has responded with just a click
-all students in the group will be able to access the feedback and respond...yipppeee, I do not have to make 4 copies
Discussions?
After looking at the group lab reports, most students are using the threads to discuss....good news!
I am planning to interview students as well to share the positive and difficulties that wetpaint proposed in collaboration.
Thanks for asking the question David.I will also take a look at my survey to see how I can make improvements. My plan is to distribute the survey this week while all the excitement and frustrations are fresh in their minds.
Paula,
It is nice to have multiple forms of data, as you have illustrated in the table in your proposal. The only suggestion I have, is for some of the survey questions, you might want include more notes to help participants to see what details you are asking. For example, for your survey #4
(how did OCG influence your lab reports/FQs?), you could include a few notes so that participants can answer this question from such specific aspects if they want.
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