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= = =**Welcome to our Wikispace:**=

=**"Thinking about Thinking: Infusing Critical Thinking into our Teaching"**=

2009 - 2010: Elementary and Secondary
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We have started this wiki with 2 goals in mind:


 * Goal #1:** To provide a common space where we can "see" our thinking as it unfolds, where we can post ideas in their messiest form, comment on them, tweak them and refine them as we go.

A wikipage has some distinct advantages when it comes to collaboration including:

a) It is a "living document". You don't have to attach files, download files, upload files and try to remember which one is your most current version. Your document is the wikipage - it displays your most recent work. However, it also saves earlier versions by date and records what changes were made. You can also have a discussion "behind the scenes" of your document by clicking on "Discussion" above.

b) You will continue to have access to it forever. We can "lock" pages once we are happy with them and want to restrict further editing and we can invite others during any point in the process to take part in our inquiry.


 * Goal #2**: Wikispaces are FREE to K-12 teachers! So, hopefully, by using this yourself, you will feel comfortable enough to consider using it with your students.

Getting Started
Click on the page listed to the left of this screen that shows the title of the challenge you and your team are working on. Once that page opens, post your initial ideas that we developed at our second session together in November.

Need Help
For more information on how to use Wikispaces, see the help section.

** Contact Us **
Usha James: ujames@oise.utoronto.ca