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 * The topic of my workshop will be called //**"Wikis as Digital Chalkboards: Using wikis for instruction in your classroom"**//
 * The project for the workshop will be to create a wiki page with relevant audio, picture, video, and text as well as link to resources that can be used to teach a topic to current or future students.

Population:

 * This workshop will be for current middle and high school teachers and future teacher candidates in undergraduate/graduate Middle and Secondary Education programs.

Outcomes:
Teachers and teacher candidates will...
 * Discover how wikis can be used in middle/secondary settings to teach students about a topic.
 * Learn and create a relevant wiki in middle/secondary classrooms that will have relevant audio, picture, video, and text about a teacher-selected topic.
 * Explore how wikis can be used for collaboration and portfolios to demonstrate what was learned about an instructional topic.

Gap: What do you think your participants already know? What do you want them to learn? What is the gap?

Gap:

 * Prerequisites for participants...
 * Basic understanding of the Internet
 * Previous experience with a computer/netbook/laptop
 * Understand what a wiki is
 * Integrated technology in a classroom for teaching and/or learning
 * Learning goals for the participants...(see outcomes)
 * Discover how wikis can be used in middle/secondary settings to teach students about a topic.
 * Learn and create a relevant wiki in middle/secondary classrooms that will have relevant audio, picture, video, and text about a teacher-selected topic.
 * Explore how wikis can be used for collaboration and portfolios to demonstrate what was learned about an instructional topic.
 * Gap of participants and learning goals...
 * Little familiarity with wikis
 * No understanding of how to create/edit/work with wikis
 * No previous knowledge of steps for finding and embedding relevant media in wiki