Collaboration

=Would anyone out there be thinking that this is just another Newsdesk wiki ?= Yes? Good spotting. This wikispace will remain yet another library book until we start using it for a meaningful purpose and contributing and collaborating in it - then it becomes our scruffy scrawled in exercise book ... what comes after that ? Let's start with something and see where we go. Post your contributions (ideas, links, brainstorms, diagrams, podcasts etc) on the page or use the discussion tab to contribute. =BIG question: How can we best use online environments to develop learning communities which support effective learning (Kindergarten to Year 13)?= Is this even the best question to ask ???

Ooh, I'll go first! I'm at the very start of this wikispace and blog thing and still feeling a bit timid with it. We've just discovered wikispaces at our small rural school but are already seeing the possibilities.The teacher of the senior clas (yr 6-8) would like to use it as a communication vehicle between home and school - for students and parents. Instead of working individually at home now our students can work in a shared online environment and access their work and comments from anywhere. Our parents are already very interested in their children's education and this provides an opportunity to involve them more so, I'm thinking ... 1. Home school communication vehicle. 2. If it's ICT the kids are already hooked in. Joanne

Here's a file to play with. A rough diagram just as a starting point - what do you think ? Tweak it, scribble on it - save it in your computer and upload your revised version here. Let's create something together that might help us pull some thoughts together.

Great idea, and great to see people contributing - here's my thoughts at the moment.I wondered about parent input - what are other people thinking? Bernard