I listened to bud's podcast about
wikitextbooks, read David Warlick's blog post
about it and then got an email from joyce valenza... wow. Here's
joyces email (reprinted with the kind permission of the author)
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Hi Dave,
Hoping all is well at home and that you are all taking good care.
I was thinking about this wikibook thing a little this morning and
wondering if we need to expand our thinking. Space is infinite, why
limit? Just as our textbooks come with complementary
"accessories"--workbooks, teachers' guides, media kits, why couldn't we
build a three or four or five part model?
1. So the core would be have an index-type frame with numbers and
letters
corresponding to standards, chock full of the content knowledge we
would
like learners to master. This could be monitored for reliability.
2. Then the teachers' guide would correspond to that structure and
teachers could use that frame to build something creative and wonderful
in
true wiki style--best lessons, primary sources, activities, etc.
3. And a student "workbook," following the same index structure, could
bust open the concept of "workbook" to showcase the types of products
we
want students to create building on the content knowledge, and it could
become a place for students discourse as they respond to what they are
learning.
4. ?????? A teacher discussion space?
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Do you think something's going on? I do.
dave.
Hi all:
And this is how I see it.
I see a portal where different "wikibooks" on any number of subjects is available to individuals and schools.
Each of them has access to a core item of contents, edited, regularly updated, complying with standards. Each of these module-type sections is linked to the exercise section. They have a print option and a download option.
They have an exercise section, e-projects, collaborative activities, which may include blogs, wikibooks, forums, digital storytelling, portfolios, etc.
There is a sublying teacher section where teachers may collaborate either in the core or in the exercise section. There is also a teacher development section where the same social collaborative tools as the student section are available. Here we also find an open repository of lesson plans.
Just some ideas,
Mercedes