Feb 25 2009
1001 Flat World Tales Collaborative Project
So, you are an old hand at using wikis as a syallabus. Now, you are ready to invite your students into incorportating this tool into their learning. The 3rd annual 1001 Flat World Tales project might be just the thing you are looking for, and a new project is beginning March 1, 2009.
The 1001 Flat World Tales project was initiated by Clay Burell in Korea over three years ago and has been going strong ever since. According to Kim Cofino, a teacher participant in previous Flat World Projects, no matter what grade level you’re working with, this is an easy to implement, collaborative writing project that students will love!
Through the participation in this project, Cofino states that her students:
- experience writing for an authentic audience
- work collaboratively with peer reviewers around the world
- follow the writing process to build an understanding of your selected style of writing
- utilize a wiki for writing, editing, forum discussion, and revision history
- understand how to connect information through hyperlinks
- create and embed multimedia elements to bring a story to life
This project sounds like a great way to provide the practice for many of the skills our students need! If you have an interest in joining this project with your class, fill out the online form and you’re in! All materials, resources, rubrics and related information can be found on the wiki.
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