Tuakana+Team+-+taking+wiki+and+voicethreads+further

=Wikispaces and Web 2.0 Tools= Intended Learning Goals
 * To sign up and join a wikispace
 * To share and reflect on Term 1's Mental Berocca and Xcluster Project
 * To learn more about the potential of voicethread (creating, embedding, adding identities)
 * To build our wiki confidence

Part One
In a recent entry to her [|blog] Rochelle Jensen, E-learning Advisor for the University of Waikato reveiwed this document //"Literature Review and Synthesis: Online Communities of Practice - Lai, Pratt, Anderson and Stigter, 2006".// While this type of research may appear light years away from concerning classroom practice, it is not really. We already have an online community of practice happening here in this wiki and wikis/blogs/podcasts/voicethreads/school websites are creating communities within and beyond our classrooms of this cluster. In fact our efforts towards our x-cluster project is creating and developing an online community of practice. Online communities of learning and practice are a reality worldwide, so leading our students into experiencing the initiatives of the Tuakana project bodes well for their communication and 21st century literacy skills.
 * Click on this linkto find out how to join a wikispace. Sign into this wikispace. Along with at least one other colleague read the excerpt below, consider the criteria, then contribute your reflections according to the criteria in the discussion page above.
 * ==Effective Online Communities of Practice==

Six principles for designing effective online communities of practice were identified:
//*Online CoPs require a blended approach towards development where online activities are supported by offline activities
 * Online CoPs should be cultivated to grow naturally
 * Online CoPs should be designed to support sociability and participation
 * Online CoPs should be created to attract a diverse membership
 * Online CoPs should be managed by providing for different roles
 * Online CoPs should include technology designed with functionality to support sociability and knowledge sharing

How do these principles relate to the Tuakana Xcluster Project? Click on the discussion tab above to share your thinking//

Part Two - Voicethread Potential
How to register, sign in, comment and add multiple identities media type="youtube" key="BULUq4LS10w&hl=en" height="344" width="425" Embedding your voicethread into a wikispace media type="google" key="2745571174300616192&hl=en" width="400" height="326"

Part three - why wiki?
[|How to add to wikispaces]

Wikis are being increasingly use as online communities of practice. Schools are using them as interactive learning spaces, as classroom web pages, as online portfolios, and a tool for managing differentiated learning or limited computers in the classroom or across the school.