Group writing projects and wikis

Posted on April 8, 2007 
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The third unit of Open Court has the theme of Heritage, and focuses on culture. Many of the students have lived their home culture, but at their age they may not have thought about it much, and not in an analytical way. I had the students get in homogenous groupings of 3-4 on a wiki to answer some basic questions about their own homes and families. Then the answers were grouped together for each ethnic group in the class. The final results were put up as blog posts, and the class then commented on each others’ work and cultures. This let them learn about their culutre, and then share it with their classmates, making it a more authentic experience for everyone involved.

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