Modern+Language

I. Synopsis II. Visual Breakdown III. Examples of student work IV. Reflection- what worked, challenges

__Project Introduction/Synopsis__

In our middle school modern language program we have a year-long wiki collaboration project where students add information on a wiki that they share with a class from another country. In our case, our ASB middle school French 1B classes were lucky enough to find a French class located in a French speaking country, Canada. On this wiki they use the target language as well as 21stcentury skills to interact and collaborate with students of their same age. This project allows students to realize how to communicate appropriately in the target language in an authentic setting.

The project is divided into the following segments: (1) Student Introduction (2) Our community (3) Meeting up (4) Clothing (5) Food (6) Skype

Self-Direction, High productivity ||<  || Digital-Age Literacy, High productivity, Self Direction, ||<  ||
 * < Project Step ||< Technology Application ||< 21st Century Skills Used ||<  ||
 * < Student Introduction ||< Wiki, video, slide show ||< Communication, Collaboration, Creativity
 * < Our community ||< Wiki, glogster, videos, still pictures ||< Communication, Collaboration, Creativity
 * < Meeting up ||< Skype ||< Communication, Collaboration, Inventive thinking, High productivity ||<  ||
 * < Clothing ||< Wiki, glogster, ||< Communication, Collaboration, Creativity ||<  ||
 * < Food ||< Wiki, slideshow, skype ||< Communication, Collaboration, Creativity ||<  ||

__Step by Step on Creating an effective wiki__

__Issue Identification__ This project has been done twice. The first time being very successful where there was on-going collaboration and communication. As students gave each other feedback, they learned from each other. This encouraged high-productivity in the classroom and projects became very creative. As students saw other work, they became more creative and inventive. 21st century skills naturally flowed into the classroom. The second time this project took place and it did not go as smoothly. Challenges appeared as things were not in place as it had been the first time around.