Wiki Works: Teaching Web Research and Digital Literacy in History and Humanities Classrooms - Softcover

Maloy, Robert; Malinowski, Allison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475832370 ISBN 13: 9781475832372

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

Wiki Works in the History and Humanities Classroom shows how teachers and students—working together as learning partners—can use interactive wiki technologies to transform the teaching of history and humanities topics through web-based research and inquiry-based learning. In its e-text and print editions, the book presents teaching strategies and technology integration examples from resourcesforhistoryteachers and other open educational content wikis. Written for K-12 history/social studies and humanities teachers, college and university-level teacher educators, and college students who are preparing to become classroom teachers in middle and high schools, there are separate chapters focus on using teacher and student-made wikis to address curriculum standards, teach web research and digital literacy, explore dramatic historical events, develop historical biographies, connect influential literature, discuss special topics, and build flipped learning instructional lessons.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert W. Maloy is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst where he coordinates the history and political science teacher license program. He is co-author of seven books including Transforming Learning with New Technologies and We, The Students and Teachers: Teaching Democratically in the History and Social Studies Classroom.

Allison Malinowski is a History and Global Studies Teacher and Academic Technologist at the Williston-Northampton in Easthampton, Massachusetts. She is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst focusing on technology integration and the preparation of new teachers.

Review:

Every educator should read this book! It is not just about history or wikis, it is about using technology to redefine teaching, learning, literacy, and knowledge. With more than a decade of experience, the authors provide unique insights, powerful stories, and interactive examples that will help you discover how to design innovative learning experiences for your students. (Torrey Trust, Assistant Professor, Learning Technology, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; ISTE Teacher Education Network President 2016-2017)

Bob Maloy and Allison Malinowski have been working with wikis for so long they can knowledgeably tell you about everything that goes into making, curating, and using a wiki: the creation, the journey, the destination, and then creating new wikis for new journeys. The authors help the reader discover the multi-modal aspects of wiki pages. Most importantly, they uncover how teachers can integrate wikis into meaningful and focused student-centered instruction. (Jeremy Greene, Social Studies Teacher, Chelmsford Massachusetts High School; Social Media Editor, New England History Teachers Association)

With a specific focus on history and humanities teaching, Maloy and Malinowski provide detailed descriptions and specific strategies for how to use a wiki as a tool to bring about much needed changes to our often "one story-one textbook" approach used in K–12 schools. With the intentional focus on questions like Whose history? and From Whose Perspective?, this book is filled with powerful examples of work done by teachers and students who are together using wikis to build more inclusive history and humanities curriculums. The book is accessible to the technology novice or the more experienced technology user. (Jodi Bornstein, Associate Professor of Education and Chair, Teacher Education Programs, Arcadia University)

Beginning and experienced teachers will find great value in Wiki Works. Serving both as a resource and a “how to” guide, this book encourages history and humanities teachers to broaden the structure of historical narratives while providing their students with important opportunities to establish membership in global, national, and classroom communities. (Sarah Drake Brown, Ball State University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1475832370
• ISBN 13: 9781475832372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160