Peer+to+Peer+Collaboration+Tools

__**Peer to Peer collaboration: **__ media type="youtube" key="KZfJoUsQqjk" height="315" width="420" align="center" A wikispace is like an online file cabinet for just about anyone to share resources, documents, videos, etc.

In education, a class or small group can collaborate online using a wiki. The amount of students collaborating on a wiki is limitless and free! Students can create a wiki to meet several different learning targets in any content area. A wiki could be used by teachers as a:
 * Communication tool
 * Global collaboration with other classes
 * Post class agendas and assignments
 * Manage class groups and their assignments
 * Place to host online class discussions
 * Embed and post videos for preview or review of lessons
 * Embed online flashcards for students

A wiki can be used by students as a:
 * Place to work with students in their class or around the world
 * E-portfolio to document learning throughout a class
 * House group work as it progresses
 * Get and receive feedback on assignments
 * Small group discussion
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Collect and share research with other students
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Present and share information on different topics

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">There are many benefits to collaborating through a wikispace regardless of students age, class size or location. Students of any age can use a wiki because of the privacy settings available for educators. Teachers can lock down certain pages so that only a class can see them. Teachers can lock a page once students have finalized work. The control options for students are

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">The challenges to working with a wiki are teaching students how to use the wiki. There are many tricks to a wiki and a teacher would have to explain those to students in class. However, a “how-to” video could solve many problems with that. The biggest challenge to using a wiki is making sure students do not delete other students work if they are collaborating on the same page.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Learning Objectives associated with wiki pages:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will be able to write review questions and post them to the “end of unit 3 review page.”
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will be able to create short informational videos and post them to the wiki page.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will collaborate on different topics related to the Cold War, then post the key components to their wiki page for other student to use.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 21px;">Sites for students to create wikis: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 21px;">www.wikispaces.com <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Examples of teacher & student wikis: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">http://principlesofdemocracy.wikispaces.com/POD+Unit+1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">http://sociologykilgallon.wikispaces.com/Culture+Study+Check+List <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">http://psychmnemonics.wikispaces.com/ (my students contributed to this one!)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">For more information, check out this wiki: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">http://collaboration4students.wikispaces.com/home