Wiki+Genre+Reflections

Welcome to Your New Wiki! This week you should read Richardson's (2010) chapter 4 and the two peer selected articles. In addition, you should find exemplar wikis to follow. Ask yourself: What do you notice? How does this connect to the readings? What are possible implications for practice? Engage in collaborative writing with your genre study groups. Groups are as follows:
 * Group 1: Holly, Chelsey, Kate, and Mary ||
 * Group 2: Lisa, Beverly, and Lauren ||
 * Group 3: Korrin, Osmon, Ashley and Kelly ||
 * Group 4: Matt, Amy, and Tara ||
 * Group 5: Julie, Jillian, and Nicole ||

** Wikis… For further discussion: ** [Note comments in blue at: http://red746wiki.wikispaces.com/JulieJillianNicole .] While I may not use it as my initial resource for all of my work, I do refer to it when trying to obtain a general understanding of terms and ideas as it provides a quick clarification with examples and details to support my learning. **Holly:** Look at Robert for example in the Tarasiuk article. Robert struggled to complete classroom reading assignments. Did this mean that he didn’t know how to read or was unable to make meaning of the school-based texts? [See also links at: http://red746wiki.wikispaces.com/KateHollyChelseaMary .] **Kellyashleykorrinosmon:** In this way[creating an online textbook], students can also decide what they believe is important about content material and supplement written text with images, videos, and links to best support their own learning needs…In group wikis, the students worked together to build a collaborative site that contributed and combined ideas from each member. [How can we teach collaborative writing? How can we engage in collaborative writing in this class?] [See Voki at: http://red746wiki.wikispaces.com/Kellyashleykorrinosmon.] Tarasiuk also mentioned that the students updated the wikis often and used different internet gadgets to make their wiki more interesting. [Let’s spend some time playing with the wiki tonight.] One thing I found difficult about using wiki's for students projects is that in order to not hinder their creativity it would be difficult to put a rubric or provide examples of what exactly you are looking for. [How can we attend to this?]
 * Tara: ** While reading chapter 4 in our text book, I kept thinking about all the different opinions regarding Wikipedia being used for classroom instruction. Many of the opinions towards Wikipedia have been negative. The negative opinions come from professors and teachers that require their students to refrain from using Wikipedia. [Discuss Kelly Chandler-Olcott’s article.]
 * Nicole: ** Wiki’s are a wonderful to allow students to demonstrate their ability to collaborate and practice this important proficiency by adding on and expanding one another’s ideas.