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This is an experiment. I've used wikis as an aid in many of my workshops in the past, but the engine that I used was very barebones. Looking for something more feature rich, I dove into MediaWiki, the engine that runs Wikipedia and its companions. Needless to say, it took me to new levels of appreciation for the potential of this technology, especially as a teaching and learning environment.
However, I wanted to push farther by hacking some of my own functionality. I quickly learned that MediaWiki, as a programming environment was far too complex for my meager coding skills. So I switched to PMWiki, developed by Patrick Michaud, an open source software developer and consultant in the Dallas - Fort Worth area. The features are nearly equal to Media Wiki, but the archetectures is much simpler, and sublime, if I might use that word to describe a programming environment.
Here, I am able to explore, a little more, the use of wikis for teaching and for learning.
A very special thank you for everyone who nominated CoLearners as Best wiki in the 2006 EduBlog Awards.
5 Most Recent Events
- Contemporary Literacy " Long Island
The question is not simple, yet we continue to look for simple answers. The question is this,What do children need to be learning today to be ready for their future?This presentation will suggest that for two compelling reason, the answer to that question has changed in profound ways.Certainly children need to learn the three Rs. [...]
- Our World in Stonington, Connecticut
Student panel & student video producers Im back in Connecticut after a long afternoon drive down from Bangor, Maine. Today, I work in the historic Borough of Stonington, where circumstances have preserved the colonial, Federal, and outstanding Greek revival architecture, while harboring Connecticuts last fishing and lobstering fleet.From the history books, Stonington repelled two British attacks [...]
- Literacy & Learning in New England Bangor, Maine
Maine has a lot of trees. Thats the impression that got during my five and a half hour drive up from Deep River, Connecticut yesterday evening. Bangor, on the other hand, has a rich heritage in media. Starting in 1815, Bangor enjoyed almost 30 daily, weekly, and monthly newspaper launched before the end of the [...]
- Deep Literacy in Deep River
Today, I meet educators in Valley Regional High School in Deep River, Connecticut. They teach and manage schools in the Regional District 4 Public Schools, serving Chester, Deep River, and Essex, Connecticut, all enjoying historic connections with the Saybrook Colony. Deep River is also home to the Deep River Ancient Muster, a fife and drum [...]
- Contemporary Literacy for Old Saybrook Schools
This is, without a doubt, the oldest town Ive worked in, this side of the Atlantic. Founded in 1635, Old Saybrook also has a distinguished education heritage as the home of the Collegiate School of Connecticut (1701) which later moved to New Haven to become Yale University.1Im sure that I will find a sophisticated school [...]
- 21st Century Skills at The Blake School
The Blake School is an established in 1900 by a community of parents who wanted their children to be prepared for Eastcoast educational opportunities. A blending of three schools, the Northrop Collegiate School for girls, The Blake School for boys, and the Highcroft Country Day School.My initial work will be with faculty, sharing ideas about [...]
- The Future is Here Kannapolis, North Carolina
I have a singular treat today, working with educators in the Kannapolis City Schools, just east of Charlotte. Home for the North Carolina Research Campus, a massive scientific and economic revitalization project that encompasses the former Cannon Mills plant and entire downtown area1, three schools in the town have received over $1.5 million dollars as [...]
- Learning 2.0 in Chapel Hill/Carrboro
Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools are embarking on a challenging and timely strategic plan over the next 5 years. Its better than trying for the next 10 years. If you want a perspective about rapid change, watch a recent Keven Kelly TEDTalks presentation, the first 5000 days of the Web, and Predicting the Next [...]
- Learning 2.0 - Piedmont Community College
I use to live in Roxboro, working for the local school system as director of technology, and doing some teaching with PCC. So, in no small way, Im coming home. I was asked to speak for the convocation of the college, as a result of on of the instructors having seen me present at another [...]
- Literacy & Learning in Currituck County
Today, its the beautiful and mysterious Currituck County in the eastern plain of North Carolina. Situated in the Northeast corner of the state, the county consists of the vast pine forests and the northern islands of the Outer Banks, wrapped around the Currituck Sound.Literacy & Learning in the 21st CenturyWiki HandoutsSession OutlineSession BibliographyPresentation SlidesPersonal Learning [...]