How to Use Wikibooks for My Students
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[edit] Introduction
[edit] Welcome to the Wikibook Project for EDL 325 Instructional Technology Class!
This book will be a collaborative effort of students from College of Education and Human Services at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh during the fall of 2009 on a book titled “How to Use Wikibooks for My Students”. Anyone is welcome to join us in our efforts here.
[edit] Let's Write Wikibooks
1. Read the case below.
2. You may want to copy the case and past it in your chapter.(this is optional)
3. Write your suggestions.
4. Edit peers' suggestions in your team.
[edit] Case: Social Studies in Secondary Education
Standards:
- S.1.8 Identify, evaluate and use appropriate reference materials and technology to interpret information about cultural life in the United States and other world cultures, both in the past and today. (Geography, History)
- S.2.1 Define the key components of a culture, such as knowledge, language and communication, customs, values, norms, and physical objects. (Geography, History)
- S.5.4 Investigate stereotypes of the various United States subcultures, such as “American Indian,” “American cowboys,” “teenagers,” “Americans,” “gangs” and “hippies,” from a world perspective. (History)
Learners: High School Students in the USA
Environment: Technology and Communication Lab
Case: Every year Mr. Barbaro spends time discussing different cultures with his high school students. He has noticed that they are very superficial with their assessment of various cultures. He wants them to understand various cultures from a variety of perspectives and develop a view point that appropriately reflects that of country which is a cultural melting pot that America is. He would like his students to be able to contact the various ethnic student groups across university campuses in the nation in order to develop a more balanced and informed understanding of the different cultures that exist side-by-side in America. How do you suggest Mr. Barabo accomplishes his goal using Wikibooks and other technology tools?
[edit] Things to be considered
Standards: What is the technology side of the problem that needs to be addressed?
Needs: What do you need in a resource or tool?
Learners: Consider characteristics of learners (Grade level/ Gender/ Socioeconomic status/ Culture and ethnicity/ Existing knowledge of content/ Motivation/ Learning style/ Special needs/ Technology literacy)
Learning Environments
- Student Grouping: Individual/group work/whole class?
- Time: How much time needed for this lesson?
- Resources: Describe the resources needed in the classroom environment - Do you need teacher computer, projector, textbook, computer lab, etc.?
- Media: Describe the sources of information needed - Do you need any CD, DVD, pictures, maps, etc. (text/audio/image/audio +image)
What to use?
- Which of the tools you identified should be used?
- How should these tools be used?
- What would you need to create in order to make this activity possible?(Example: Tutorial, interactive quiz, job aid, rubric, online forum, online survey)
- Are there any foreseeable problems in using this?
Why to use?
- Effectiveness? Efficiency? Enhancement? The goals?
[edit] Table of Contents
[edit] How to Use Wikibooks for My Students(Please write your sub-chapter below.) |
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[edit] Chapter I: 31133 Class
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[edit] Chapter II: 31143 Class
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