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    Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: Wikis In Education May 2008

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    4 days ago in Martin Cleaver, masterfully. · Authority: 13

    It’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday time! Continuing our 2008 Toronto Wiki Tuesday Guest Speaker Series, Vanessa Peters (PhD Candidate, OISE) will lead discussions next Tuesday at Toronto Wiki Tuesday at another new location, GROUNDHOG PUB. http://www.torontowikituesdays.com/twiki/bin/view/TorontoWikiTuesdays/WikisInEducationMay2008 Here’s Vanessa’s description: In this meeting I will discuss a new wiki-based scripted activity that was created for secondary school biology students. Using a co-design method, the researchers collaborated with two experienced science teachers to create a curriculum unit where 114 grade-ten biology students developed a knowledge base of ideas about human physiology, then drew upon those ideas as resources for subsequent curricular activities. Results demonstrate that this innovative lesson fostered collaborative knowledge construction as well as individual student learning. This suggests that a carefully designed wiki-based activity can complement and enhance the value of a collective knowledge building community within secondary school settings. Please sign up at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/468369/ Who should come and why: Interested in the topic? Got an opinion? Or just interested to network? Come join our community. Managers and leaders responsible for evaluating the use of wikis Change transformation agents using wikis to instigate organisational transparency using a wiki Consultants and designers who build integration, navigation, visuals and plugins Wiki users Wiki gardeners who improve content clarity About Toronto Wiki Tuesdays and Blended Perspectives: Toronto Wiki Tuesdays has been running since 2005 and has a mandate to spread the word about how a wiki can transform communication in organisations and the nature of business. Toronto Wiki Tuesdays was founded and is run by Martin Cleaver M.Sc. MBA, Head Blender of Blended Perspectives and a Chair of WikiSym, the International Symposium on the use of Wikis. Toronto Wiki Tuesday’s May Meeting is sponsored by the Society of Internet Professionals. – Martin@Cleaver.org