Re-Thinking History Curriculum

Colleen TiefenbrunMatt Hixenbaugh

MICDS

Year-long Research Project: Global Issue

Diigo Tool bar & Group SettingsBookmarking and note-taking resource.

•Helps organize their research.

•Encourage students to share resources.

•Allows the teacher to see where each student is getting their information & comment on articles & notes.

Student’s Page View

Benefits of WikiSpace Projects

• Teach individual research skills & collaborative learning• Allows teachers to see the process as well as the final product• Discuss the idea of group work, not divide and conquer• See their work in comparison with their classmates• Hold students accountable and to the group, extra motivation• See patterns throughout the year, since their past units work

does not disappear• Opportunity to use this for peer editing • When time permits, videos of presentation can be included

and give parents a view into their students performance. And a way to access themselves and learn from their mistakes

Wiki Spaces: Image Project

On each page:•MLA citation•Reason to choose that source•Research Notes•Paragraph on unit question

Follow the history & watch collaboration

• Make sure they are learning to work together, not just divide and conquer.

Example with 19th Century Projects

WETPAINT WIKI

• How use?• Daily Plans- Foundation of lessons• Record of what we do (keeps me organized)• Projects• Interaction between students/ teacher• Interaction between students (different sections)• http://wh1hix.wetpaint.com/• http://hix0910whii.wetpaint.com/

Wetpaint Creative Project

Wetpaint Cooperative Project

Wetpaint updates

NING

• Daily plans (Students Absent)• Cooperative Work• Interaction between students (different

sections)• http://hix0910whii.ning.com/

Daily Plans

Ning Creative Project

Other tools

• Prezi.com• Capzle.com• Glogster.com

Prezi

• Prezi.com

CAPZLE

• Capzle.com

Glogster

For More Info:micdssummerpd2010.wikispaces.com