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=Wiki's and their collaborative components...=

K-12 Technology Literacy Skills around Collaboration from the ICC
__**K-2**__ a) In a collaborative work group, use a variety of technologies to produce a digital presentation or product in a curriculum area. b) Use technology resources for communicating and sharing ideas with others. c) Participate in learning activities with or about learners from other countries and/or cultures.
 * 2. Use a variety of technology tools and media-rich resources to work collaboratively with others. **

__**3-5**__ a) Use a variety of technology tools to work collaboratively with others inside and outside the classroom. b) Use telecommunication tools efficiently to communicate information and ideas to multiple audiences. c) Access remote information using technology. d) Engage in learning activities with learners from other countries and/or cultures e) Appropriately contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems using technology. __**6-8**__ a) Interact and collaborate with peers, experts, and others using technology. b) Contribute to a content knowledge base by creating, producing, and sharing information, models, and other creative works. c) Efficiently use technology tools and resources for communication and to access remote information and exchange it with a variety of audiences. d) Engage in learning activities with learners from other countries and/or cultures using telecommunication tools to create, produce, and share information, models, and other projects with a global or cultural focus. e) Share knowledge and skills with local or distant teams of peers, experts, or others using technology tools and resources to create group works and/or innovative solutions.
 * 2. Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area. **
 * 2. Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using interactive technology. **

a) Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b) Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c) Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. d) Appropriately contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
 * __9-12__**
 * 2. Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. **

Characteristics of a wiki that lend themselves to collaboration Visibility of student work
 * Compare your work with the work of others
 * learning from other groups
 * generating new ideas
 * learning from others
 * motivation

Teacher Response and Feedback
 * potentially more interaction
 * providing regular feedback
 * electronic adds convenience for some teachers

Accessibility of Materials
 * Easy access to materials through links
 * Material organised according to needs and interests

User Friendly Interface
 * Easy editing
 * Possibility to add many dynamic features without technological knowledge
 * Links to multimedia, pictures and documents

Recommendations for improving collaboration in the wiki
 * Organize the wiki clearly and logically
 * Have students use different colors when adding text for ease of differentiating who is writing what
 * Have a project and if groups are working on a topic or question, give them a page within the wiki to work within. Then other groups can see the information that is being posted and shared.
 * Make students aware that their contributions are being assessed or ‘observed’.
 * Have students log in so you can use the history of the page to track changes
 * Save work relatively often. Put in information and then you can always go back and edit the page again. Might be good to do if there is a chance that many people are working on the same page at the same time
 * Provide all the necessary resources
 * Build a positive relationship with the students
 * Encourage that they ask for help
 * Make all the groups ’ work visible and easily accessible
 * Offer prompt feedback
 * Praise your students’ contributions