AP Annual Conf 2011
Engaging AP Computer Science Students Using a Class Wiki
Chris Thiel - Moscone Second Floor Room 2000 - 9:00 AM Sat July 23
Slides
- Printable PDF of the slides (2.2MB)
- Online PDF with url links of the slides (5.4MB)
Links to movies used
- Wikis for Demos Cartoon
- Wiki for Class Demos: editing sample code
- Wiki for Class Demos: changing on the fly
- Students submit work and ask for help
- Wikis for Projects Cartoon
- Javawide demo
- wikis for group work
Resources
- http://apcsjava.blogspot.com/
- My APCS Video Webcast (click here fo subscribe with iTunes)
- www.piazza.com
- "The new way to Q&A" While not quite a wiki, or a blog, or a Class Managment Tool, this hybrid has a great way for having students answer and ask questions where you can track hot topics. Instructors can condone or "bless" students' answers to other students' questions. More of a bulletin board than a wiki. Here is a link to some demo videos.
- Adding a Wiki to a Class Moodle
- Many teachers use the moodle Class Management or learning environment system for their classes. There is a Wiki module for moodle you can add to your course's moodle
- http://www.pmwiki.org/
- PmWiki is a popular open source wiki you can install on your own website (This is the one I'm using at http://apcs.mathorama.com) Installation instructions here.
- http://www.mediawiki.org
- This open source wiki can also be installed on your website. This is the one http://www.javawide.org and http://www.wikipedia.org/ uses
- http://www.javawide.org
- You dont have to install anything, to have not only working Java IDE, but also a way to have students work on the same file. You can get your own javawiki site for free (for the asking).Demo video here
- http://codingbat.com/java
- Formerly known as javabat. While not a wiki, this too wonderful for me to leave out, just in case you don't know about it already. Various programming exercises can be answered online and evaluated with something like a JUnit test for each question.
- http://www.000webhost.com/
- A place that offers anyone a free website (they make their money by having you need more space, but the first 1500MB is free)
- http://installingmoodle.blogspot.com/
- A tutorial for installing moodle on a 000webhost.com website, but helpful for tips on installing a wiki like pmwiki or mediawiki or moodle on any website.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikis_and_education
- Wikis in software article
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software
- Comparison of wiki software
- http://www.wikia.com/Wikia
- Offers free wikis on their wiki farm, so you dont have to install anything or have you own website. This can be handy if you want your students to host a wiki for their group project.
Recommendations from others:
- http:/www.google.com
- a big scary search engine