I've got a pressing project and seek your help. (My first posting here.)
First question: What research is out there that I can review and cite in a grant application that addresses the use of wikis in teaching literacy?
URLs?
I want to get a camp established in Pittsburgh, PA, USA that has to meet Title I (NCLB) regulations to get funding. So, it needs to prove a researched based educational model in the application, due next week. Our camp is going to focus on reading, editing, reacting to, presenting, authoring wiki pages about sports.
> I've got a pressing project and seek your help. (My first posting here.)
> First question: What research is out there that I can review and cite
> in a grant application that addresses the use of wikis in teaching
> literacy?
> URLs?
> I want to get a camp established in Pittsburgh, PA, USA that has to
> meet Title I (NCLB) regulations to get funding. So, it needs to prove
> a researched based educational model in the application, due next
> week. Our camp is going to focus on reading, editing, reacting to,
> presenting, authoring wiki pages about sports.
Do take a look at the Murder Madness and Mayhem project --- A professor at
the University of British Columbia who assigned a project for students to
develop articles in Wikipedia to attain featured article status:
I've not looked myself yet -- but I'm sure if you Google the project title
you may find research publications on the project.
Also get in touch with Declan Mcabe from St Michaels College and his WE
project on Biology for Elementary Schools where students work on the wiki as
part of their curriculum;
Nellie Deutsch, in Israel has done some pioneering work with her high school
students at Ort Gutmann using the wiki to support her teaching of writing
skills. (http://wikieducator.org/Ort_Gutman_High_School)
A few pointers to get started.
Cheers
Wayne
2009/11/7 Mark Rauterkus <mark.rauter...@gmail.com>
> I've got a pressing project and seek your help. (My first posting here.)
> First question: What research is out there that I can review and cite
> in a grant application that addresses the use of wikis in teaching
> literacy?
> URLs?
> I want to get a camp established in Pittsburgh, PA, USA that has to
> meet Title I (NCLB) regulations to get funding. So, it needs to prove
> a researched based educational model in the application, due next
> week. Our camp is going to focus on reading, editing, reacting to,
> presenting, authoring wiki pages about sports.
-- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D.
Director,
International Centre for Open Education,
Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
Board of Directors, OER Foundation.
Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380
Skype: WGMNZ1
Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg
They have a huge user base of U.S. schools and they may have come
across similar situations to yours.
There may be some small action research type things - instructors
writing about their own classroom experience as a paper with data.
However, these may not satisfy your funders. The folks at wikispaces
may have that information.
If you find anything, please post here. I'd love to know the
answer :o)
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