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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St. government as well.

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What to do with a good old wiki resource?

Bryan Alexander

Several years ago I launched a wiki for a desperate purpose. Consider this a case study in evolving social media. A wiki was the logical choice. And so it came to be , what is now the Restaurants in Airports Wiki. Over the years the wiki grew further. Content remained on the wiki, but some gradually outdated.

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The Great Student AI Writing Experiment with Steve Dembo

The CoolCatTeacher

We chose a topic that they were already familiar with, something that they read in language arts or studied in social studies. But it's sort of like back when we were, you know, in the old days, we were talking about the value of creating a Wiki textbook. So we split up the class into four groups.

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Wikis in the Classroom

The Electric Educator

A wiki, from the Hawaiian word meaning "quick", is a web page that can be edited by anyone. The wiki concept has exploded in popularity primarily due to the following of wikipedia. The beautiful thing about a wiki is the collaboration that is encouraged. Wikis are a pool of knowledge to which people can continuously add.

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How LMS groups enable student collaboration for better learning outcomes

Neo LMS

Students who are part of the same research or debate group can work together even remotely and quickly switch from individual study to group or one-on-one discussions. . Teachers can create as many groups as they want to for different purposes such as: Study and research. Virtual communication is a future-ready skill. Private groups.

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Dynamic Bookmarking on your Blog or Wiki

The Electric Educator

For my Anatomy and Physiology class I have created a separate wiki page for each of the 11 body systems. Each page now has an ever expanding section of links which students can use as study aids. Here''s how to add dynamic bookmarking to your blog or wiki. blog bookmarking collaborate tool wiki' Interested?

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Using wikis for teacher development

Nik Peachey

In my two previous features, I've looked at how to create a wiki and how to use them with EFL students. In this posting I'd like to look at a couple of technical aspects, how to embed video in the wiki and how to add hyperlinks, and how we can use them for teacher development. We can also use the power of wikis for teacher development.

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