WikiSym 2008

Wiki For KidsWhat’s That? Is That Good?

This is a result from OpenSpace“Wiki for kids: how good they can be?”

WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Let’s define “kids”Two groups by age:

• 4-8 years old

• and 8-12 years old.

Main differences are in:

• abilities to write and to read

• needs in social attention

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

For young ones“Wiki” and “computer” itself are

mostly indistinguishable.

Wiki is a toy.

Tool for structuring individual behavour of a child.

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Carried Away

Such a pleasant dream for parents!

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

While He Plays,

you can take some rest and do some “adult” things.

Such as drinking beer, yep.

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

How to teach you child to

play with wiki?

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Childrens don’t know how to play games.

Children, growned by animals, don’t know how to play.

Playing games is a social skill.

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Play together!Use wiki as a context for

communication with your child.

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Visuals Instead Of Text

You are not expecting your kid to read all this stuff?

Erm, don’t expect him to write it, too.

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So, what is “wiki” here?

Wiki — is a place where

you and your child

can

create

together

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Drawing ToolsDraw together with your child: start from questions

like “what color should we use for puppy?”

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Mijn Naam Is Haas• “My name is Haas”

www.mijnnaamishaas.nl

• interactive narrative game, where kids helps hare on its journey

• can be used for learning vocabulary and usage of words

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Playing Togetheris better alongside of a single computer

at this age.

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Use metaphors from real world, not from word processor!

UniversalEdit

Button

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For 8+ years

• There is a plenty of games inside and outside the computer.

• Wiki is just another one game.

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Games With Wiki

• Can help to develop creativity

• Allow learning of working in group, how to:

• use and impove others’ products

• consider and use others’ opinions

• build a result-oriented communication

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

Some Games You Can Play

• collaborative writing of a story around some key points of a plot

• photo quests and hyper cartoons

• fantasy dictionary creation

• wiki games as in: tinyurl.com/wiki-gaming

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WikiSym 2008: Wiki For Kids

So

• 3-8 yo — Wiki is a context for playful interaction with parents and other kids

• 8+ yo — Wiki becomes a sandbox for co-creation games

• Creativity and groupwork skills are key learning points in wiki-related activity

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WikiSym 2008: вики для детей

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Authors and contributors• Nikolay Yaremko

makiwara@humanemagica.com

• Konstantin Kolomeetzkolomeetz@yandex-team.ru

and other WikiSym participants

More WikiSym 2008 stories?http://wikisym2008.humanemagica.com

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