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= Molly Corey's UB Wiki Summer 2011 = In the summary: (1) Tell us how the teacher is using the wiki

Wiki**: Climate Change Debate**

 * Teacher**: Tom Driscoll (Class Website )
 * Country**: U.S.A. [[image:educationalwikis:us.gif caption="us.gif"]]
 * School**: Tourtellotte Memorial High School, Thompson, CT
 * Description**: (Student Created Wiki) The site will host this year's Global Studies climate change debate. Since climate change and humans' response to it are so far beyond a simple either/or, pro/con debate, this year will involve researching the issues, taking positions on them, developing an action plan, and creating a database of links to valuable information regarding the topic.

**Wiki**: Flat Classroom project

 * Teacher**: Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis
 * Country**: Bangladesh and U.S.A. [[image:educationalwikis:us.gif caption="us.gif"]]
 * School**: International School Dhaka, Bangladesh and Westwood Schools, Camilla Georgia
 * Description**: Based on the book by Thomas Friedman this project aims to foster project collaboration between students on opposite sides of the world. Using Web2.0 tools students interact and produce a wiki page with content based on one of the ten flatteners from Friedman's book.

**Wiki:** Mrs. Wolford's Math Wiki

 * Teacher**: Jackie Wolford
 * Country**: U.S.A. [[image:educationalwikis:us.gif caption="us.gif"]]
 * School:** [|Rice Avenue Middle School], Girard, Pennsylvania, USA
 * Description:** This website is designed for students and parents to access upcoming dates, homework assignments, our online textbook, and more. It is also a showcase of student work including Web 2.0 tools such as animoto, glogster, voki, blabberize, slide, scribd, etc...There are also several links to math games. As the technology increases in our school, I hope to make this a more collaborative page for students to share their work.

(2) Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it. I love the idea of keeping data from different places in the world to climate change debate. My school has a nature center with a weather station. Many teachers do not use the tools in this center. I think a few would be inspired to add data to the collection. I know a few students who would be very interested in this project.

I also think the Thomas Friedman project connecting with students in Bangladesh would be interesting. HIgh School Students could read the book or excerpts from the book and then explore the 10 flatteners to understand how the global economy works.

Mrs. Wolford's math wiki engages both parents and students. I love that she adds important information for parents in a place they can access anywhere. It also showcases work of her students using Web 2.0 tools. I think this wiki offers engaging ways for parents to stay connected with their middle school student.

(3) Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.

Ranked in order of meeting criteria:

1st The Climate Control Wiki meets most if not all criteria of the Networked Classroom.
Learner Centered- kids are adding data and exploring a real topic -- the global climate Knowledge Centered-- they certainly will learn a lot about environmental science, data, patterns and trends Assessment Centered-- a rubric could easily add a level of complexity to this project (I didn't see one) Community Centered-- the global community is invited to add data :)

Next, Mrs. Wolford's Math Wiki also meets most of the criteria of a Networked Classroom. Learner Centered- kids are showcasing their work Knowledge Centered-- they certainly will show what they have learned and may learn from viewing each others work Assessment Centered-- a rubric could easily add a level of complexity to this project (Again, I didn't see one) Community Centered-- parents are invited to see middle school work - Yahoo!

Flat Classroom Project Learner Centered - HS from different nations exploring our global economy Knowledge Centered - based on Thomas Friedman's novel __//The World is Flat//__ It would be neat to see other resources added. Assessment Centered - a rubric just might save the educational world :) Community centered - Yes, Bangladesh and others nations unite to learn!