DeAnza College/CIS2/Fall 2009/Group 1

WIKIEDUCATOR FOR EDUCATION

What is WikiEducator

WikiEducator is open for anyone who shares the vision of open content. It is a Website that provides free contents of e-learning for everyone. Everyone is free to edit and use these free contents and users do not need high level of technical skills. It is vastly growing and mainly used as an educational resource and make possible for educators and learners to collaborate any where in the world.

A brief introduction by Nellie Deutsch-- Video

WikiEducator Home

The Role of WikiEducator

• Developing a strong community focused collaboration

• Educational projects and initiatives with free contents

• Building an Open Education Resources (OERs)

• An international community for open education

Why WikiEducator is Important

The Wikieducator is significantly expanding its free learning and improving the accessibility to education projects from any where in the world. The advantages of WikiEducator are:

• The convenience and the simplicity of the Wikieducator.
• The users do not have to travel anywhere to develop their programs.
• Communicate make possible around the world without having to deal with time differences or with technologies.
• The freedom of all educators to teach with the technologies and contents of their choice.

We bring our close attention to the following areas that the WikiEducator assist in their initiatives.

Early Education

Every parent wants their own child to do well in school, whether it's preschool or at the nations top university. But most parents wait until age 5 to enroll their kids into kindergarten. So why not get them off on the right track of sucess, and enroll them in preschool. An early education benefits the child in that they are more mentally and socially prepared when it is time to enter primary school and beyond.

Early education offers little ones a variety of skills that they might otherwise miss out on such as:

• Social Skills- Interacting with new and different individuals
• Communication- Improving motor skills to communicate with others
• Mental- Thinking for ones self rather than depending on what others say or do
• Violence- Less likely to commit violent crimes later in life when older

And much more...

Links:

• Preschool

• Preschool Education

• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning-- (CSEFEl)

Distance Learning and Technology in Education

Links:

• Distance Education

• United States Distance Learning Association

• De Anza College Distance Learning

Resources for Educators and Learners

Summary

References

• Commonwealth of Learning -- What is Wikieducator? (October 2006)

• WiZiQ -- August 28, 2009

• Online Collaboration Tools -- Sharewood Guide August 18, 2008

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Assignments

The topic is WikiEducator for Education

Sub-topics and your assignment:

Katherine - Early Education

Stephen - Distance Learning and Technology in Education

Matthew - Resources for Educators and Learners

Champika and Carina - What is WikiEducator and how it can be used in Education. Carina and I would be able to help with other paragraphs and add some information as needed.

Since we have to sell the wikieducator, we must show how wikieducator can help the society and make an impression on readers to initiate their programs on the wiki.

Research the Wikieducator and other search engines about the topic. Write a paragraph or two and add 2 or 3 wikieducator initiative link to it.

Due Dates

• Sections will be completed by Friday, November 27 at 10 pm.

• The group will be starting the reviewing and editing process on Saturday, November 28th.

• We will submit the project (post the link on the forum--Final Project-Ready for Peer Review) on Monday, November 30th by 10 pm.