Inquiry+and+Research

 Inquiry & Research Guidelines

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My Question When students use technology as a collaborative tool

In what was does student motivation and interaction change when students contribute to a class run website to demonstrate their learning achievements. or In what was does student motivation and interaction change when students use technology as a collaborative tool to demonstrate their learning achievements.

In what was can I use technology to increase student motivation and access their work outside the classroom? -would this enable students to share their work with others? ex. other students, collaboration with a global community, parents, -will this increase home-school communication? -will this enable the students to participate in the content of class website?

Activities to help explore the questions - How will a class website, perhaps wiki, or blog allow for the students to take their learning home with them? If links, homework, assignments, important date, and study guides were posted on a class website would students take the initiative to share their daily learning with a family member at home? Would parents become curious about the on-goings within their child's classroom? How would a class website create a cohesive community where each members has an equal chance to participate? Would students take the initiave to contribute to a class website?

KeyWords classroom environment, enhancing learning, motivating, interactioin, classroom climate, technology implementaion, engagement, collaborate, connect, communication tool, evaluation of class website, productive websites, other teachers response to class website, classroom blogs, use technology in the classroom...

Ways to gather data -student participation (log in amount to wiki space) -student feedback -level of excitement -assignment completion -amount of time for students to jump into the assignment -student survey -observastion of on task behabiour within the first few minutes of assigned tasks

Possible articles

[|The good the bad and the wiki: Evaluating student generated content for collaborative learning] [|Use of Wiki in the High School Classrooom] [|__Using wikis in Schools: A case Study__]**