The (Failed) Case of the Winston Society Wikispace: Challenges and Opportunities of Web 2.0 and Teacher Education

Autor/inn/en	Brass, Jory; Mecoli, Storey
Titel	The (Failed) Case of the Winston Society Wikispace: Challenges and Opportunities of Web 2.0 and Teacher Education
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 11 (2011) 2, S.149-166 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5804
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Activism; English Teachers; Educational Principles; Federal Legislation; Failure; Urban Schools; Inservice Teacher Education; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Developed Materials; Secondary School Teachers; Social Action; Educational Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Web Sites; Computer Uses in Education; Educational Strategies; Electronic Publishing; Focus Groups; Program Effectiveness; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungsprinzip; Bundesrecht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Lehrerfortbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Soziales Handeln; Unterrichtsmedien; Computerkonferenz; Web-Design; Computernutzung; Lehrstrategie; Elektronisches Publizieren
Abstract	This article examines the case of the Winston Society, a short-lived wikispace created by a high school English teacher to foster collaborative knowledge-making and social activism among educators. Through an examination of the wiki, questionnaires, and a focal group interview, this paper describes an examination of reasons the "Winston Society" garnered limited uptake among classroom teachers. Scholarship in new literacy studies is then drawn upon to theorize key issues in the study, including teachers' discomfort with digital epistemologies and the potential of online affinity spaces and social media to mediate teachers' professional development, networking, and political activism. The purpose of this paper is to highlight key issues and tensions in this case that may help educators approach Web 2.0 technologies more strategically in other contexts of teacher education. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10