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<FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Joseph
Papaleo<BR><B>Sent:</B> 06 September 2006 09:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12
Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IPM] wiki textbook, blogs and
podcasts<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>In relation to the digital textbook idea, I have waited for someo=
ne
else to suggest this, but no one has. So I'll go out on a limb and put=
this idea out into the IPM community, perhaps to ridicule, perhaps others ha=
ve
also considered it, but not put it up for comment. <BR><BR><BR><BR>I am
seriously considering having my students write their own collaborative textb=
ook
online. I am looking at having a class text book (Potts) and then crea=
ting
a set of blank wiki pages for the class. At this stage, I am undecided=
as
to whether it would be restricted access or open to the public. <BR><BR>Thei=
r
task will be to prepare a summary and answer questions and put their work on=
to
the wiki. Students will share the workload, but it will be their task=
to
read additional material (other books or websites I will source) and add to=
the
notes. Of course, this sounds like a lot of work, bit as "Student A" m=
ay
have already done most of the summarising, "Students B, C D E ..." just have=
to
add other tidbits or fix errors (the beauty of a wiki). By carefully
rotating the tasks amongst the class, each will be given a variety of tasks=
that
must be done carefully as the other class members will hopefully rely on the=
m.
<BR><BR>I have been playing with a wiki for my Year 12 class in the latter h=
alf
of this year and found that weaker students had their answers corrected onli=
ne
by better students and all of a sudden, they realised how poor their work
standard was and it improved each time it was their turn to add work to the=
site. <BR><BR>I hope to then keep the wiki content for 2008 and beyond=
(remove the questions each year) and then use this and Potts as a textbook w=
hich
they can continue to develop.<BR><BR>I'll be the first to admit their are fl=
aws
with this, but I can see lots of benefits too. So do the students who=
contribute regularly as they are sharing the resource and then doing extra
reading/writing. <BR><BR>If there is interest from other list members, I wou=
ld
consider opening it up for others to join in.<BR><BR>I am now looking at
establishing a class blog or bloki and finding ways to incorporate these ide=
as
into the curriculum. I saw other members of the list discuss the
possibilities of using podcasts and am keen to look at this (I was stoked a=
few
weeks ago when one of my students took his iPod out to retrieve a .txt file=
of
the Information Processing Steps he had entered onto the iPod). has an=
yone
else seen other examples of this use of the iPods? <BR><BR>I struggle with
numbers like many others and so with the new Study Design, I've decided to u=
se
IT in my IT class and make it rich, real and relevant.
<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Joseph Papaleo<BR>Ivanhoe Grammar School <BR>Mernda=
Campus, <BR>Plenty<BR><A
href=3D"mailto:joseph.papaleo@igs.vic.edu.au">joseph.papaleo@igs.vic.edu.au<=
/A><BR><BR>
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