Vi inoltro questa mail su una interessante esperienza di formazione wikipediana. Potremmo replicarla da noi?

Un saluto Susanna

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. *Susanna Giaccai* Firenze

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You're receiving this email as a member of Wikispaces.com. Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browserhttp://wikispaces.com/site/mailing/aug13?u=giaccai/4HAlIWSqZzNDhDZU5R9s3m. Don't want to receive this newsletter anymore? Unsubscribe instantlyhttp://wikispaces.com/user/un/giaccai/4HAlIWSqZzNDhDZU5R9s3m . [image: Wikispaces] AUGUST 2013 Even Better Wikispaces Classroom, inspired by you

We've made substantial and exciting changes to Wikispaces Classroom based on your feedback since Spring. So try our more intuitive and streamlined interface featuring the return of your home page and custom navigation, project placards, streamlined calendars, and cool content creation buttons. You and your students will love it. Visit our blog and catch up on all the latest Wikispaces Classroom changes.http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/blog20130922Classroom/aug13/1/ Take a look

Still getting started? Take one of our video tourshttp://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/tour/aug13/1/and get to know Wikispaces. Wikispaces Campus and Private Label

An integrated collaborative wiki environment for your school, district, or organization. Give Wikispaces Campushttp://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/pl-k12/aug13/1/or Wikispaces Private Label http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/pl-biz/aug13/1/ a try. What's happening?

Get all the latest news on features, events, and more on our bloghttp://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/blog/aug13/1/, or follow us on Twitter http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/twitter/aug13/1/. Stay in touch

Have any questions? Drop us a line at help@wikispaces.com. Back to school handouts and tutorials in our new toolkit

We've put together a fun toolkit to help you launch your Wikispaces Classroom to students, parents, and other teachers. You'll find step-by-step tutorials; getting started tips for you, your students, and your parents; a customizable letter you can use to invite parents to your wiki, and more. Check out all the great toolkit resources.http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/wiki-backtoschool/aug13/1/ September webinars to get you ready for the year

We have some great free webinars available for you this September. There's the Back to School Night with Wikispaces Classroomhttp://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/webinar20130912/aug13/1/where Wendy will answer your questions and get you ready for the year. We also have our Introduction to Wikispaces Campushttp://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/webinar20130910/aug13/1/where you'll learn about our great services for your school, district or university. And, we have a Google Hangout with Wikispaces Classroom expertshttp://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/webinar20130826/aug13/1/where can learn from the best. Sign up now for one or all of them http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/webinar-page/aug13/1/ to make sure you get your spot. Featured Wiki: SharonBYOT

*Susan Brandon started the SharonBYOT wiki on the Forsyth County Schools Private Label site in June of 2012.*

*1. Briefly describe your group, your wiki, and what you use it to do:*

I'm an Instructional Technology Specialist at the elementary school level and I created this wiki to serve as a resource for teachers in my school, as well as any other school who wants to use it. This was our first year embarking on the journey of becoming a 'Bring Your Own Technology' (BYOT) school. I'm proud to say 100% of our teachers joined this journey and our entire school embraced this initiative.

*2. Besides the Edit button, which wiki feature is your favorite?*

I love that wikis are interactive and allow for collaboration. While this wiki is being used more for informational purposes for teachers, I love that we can set them up so teachers and students can interact and work collaboratively on projects. This year I collaborated with a teacher and we helped the students create a wiki based on what they learned about bridge construction. They were able to work at school and from home, which extended learning well beyond the school day. Students were able to add their own information, images, and videos to their pages, and share them with peers and adults. They loved that they were able to be more in charge of their own learning.

Keep reading. http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/blog201307sharonbyot/aug13/1/ A message from Dom

I'm a gamer and an engineer who spends his days building educational technology. So I was interested to see that Valve, makers of Steam, have announced a sitehttp://www.hackeducation.com/2013/07/19/hack-education-weekly-news-7-19-2013/called Pipeline http://pipeline.valvesoftware.com/, for teenagers who are looking to get into the gaming industry. Valve is a notoriously innovative company and the game industry can be a great place or a not so great place to work so it's really good to see companies like Valve reaching out to students to help them get early experience in a career they might want to pursue. And it's run by the teenage interns at the company. As much as we focus on helping schools and teachers to help kids, industry has a role to play, especially in an era of dwindling apprenticeships and a growing need for high tech workers. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this.

*What will you do with your next wiki?*

Good idea: Use your wiki as an "eportfolio" or electronic portfolio.

Bad idea: Use your wiki as a "zportfolio". Honestly, we're not sure what that is. Sent by Wikispaces.com http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/wikispaces/aug13/1/- 165 10th St. Suite 50, San Francisco CA 94103 help@wikispaces.com

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