Research?

I have been asked to present to the school board concerning my use of wikis and blogs with my students. I have my "educator" reasons for using them in the classroom, but does anyone have any specific research or studies that I can quote? I'm looking for something that will be easy for them to understand - not full of educational jargon. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Hines on January 11, 2009 at 8:22pm

I've been working on some research on wikis. I haven't been through it all yet, but here are links to some of what I'm using as reference. Hope these help.

Research Support:

Interview on the State of Wikis in Education

http://www.ikiw.org/2008/04/10/interview-the-state-of-wikis-in-educ...

Wiki Wiki

http://classroomtech.pbwiki.com/WikiWiki

NETS Standards (Teacher & Student)

http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

http://www.wisc.edu/depd/html/TSarticles/Digital%20Natives.htm

60 Sec Tech Episode - What is a Wiki?

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=47ac2a373dbb5c44ba1c

In Plain English - Wikis

http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

Will Richardson's Wiki Links/Resources

http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/Wiki+Links

A Stick in the Sand: Makin' Wiki

http://ovenell-carter.com/blog/?p=231

Digitally Speaking: Wikis

http://digitallyspeaking.pbwiki.com/Wikis#StudentRolesforWikiProjec...

Wikipedia: Wikis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

A Difference: Wiki Solution Manuals

http://adifference.blogspot.com/2006/04/wiki-solution-manuals.html

The Tempered Radical: Wiki Roles for Student Projects

http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/06/crea...

The Tempered Radical: Defining Wiki Goodness

http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/05/defi...

The Tempered Radical: The World of Wikis

http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2007/12/the-...

How I Use Wikis: What Do You Do? Vicki Davis

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-i-use-wikis-what-do-...

7 Things You Should Know About Wikis

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf

"It's a Wiki Wiki World"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1066904,00.html

"How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480,00.html

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Permalink Reply by Janine on January 12, 2009 at 6:48am

Thank you! I will take a look at these links. I really appreciate this.

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Permalink Reply by James Edward Charles Webber on January 12, 2009 at 7:14am

http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/?wpcmp=educp1&t=anon

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Permalink Reply by Janine on January 13, 2009 at 7:20am

Thank you. I appreciate all the help and suggestions that you give me. I'm the only person in my district using the 2.0 technology so I don't have many teachers to work with!