"I have been using wikis with my Year 7 class (UK 11-12 year olds) this year. We use one for our Maths class with pages devoted to the various topics we have studied, we have another which is our journals wiki - everybody has a page each (some have…"
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wiki ideas?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Colleen Young Jun 8, 2010. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I am in my 5th year of teaching. After attending a technology workshop this summer, I'm testing the waters with a wiki in my classroom. The students will do their second wiki assignment this week.I…Continue
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Marie replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"All good ideas on here! Do the students ever do the explanation? I like that you use it as a resource for your students."
Marie replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"How are students accountable for their wiki assignments? Do you give them a number of comments they must post? I like the book discussion idea, if only I taught reading! For the Solar System project, do they create their own wiki or just a page off…"
Jill B replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"I used Wiki's for my 4th grade gifted students. We read books and had book discusssions. I invited the parents to join and even the other teachers. The students really enjoyed that. We also made glogsters,wordles and voicethreads and imbedded…"
Stidmama replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"My high school son (junior) says that when he was a sophomore, his English teacher used wikia.org to generate a class wiki. It worked well in his opinion. The students collaborated on a project relating to Shakespeare's Richard III, organizing…"
Mariam Raza replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"I haven't used wikis in the classroom, but I think they're an excellent tool for a collaborative research report -- which students can add information as they find it and then get together to write the final report :)"
Geoff St. Pierre replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"try this: inequalities
• you have the students solve some problem
• take a picture of it with a digital camera
• record an explanation of the solution audacity
• write some text explaining the audio and picture…"
Chuck replied to Marie's discussion wiki ideas?"I incorporated wikispaces into my alternative program last year with positive results. The challenge for students is that the nature of a wiki as a forum for answering questions or telling your answers is that students actually have to think.…"
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I am in my 5th year of teaching. After attending a technology workshop this summer, I'm testing the waters with a wiki in my classroom. The students will do their second wiki assignment this week.I teach 6-8 Math and Language Arts. I would like any and all suggestions, words of advice, etc. about wikis.I am having students sign a contract about the use. I see great potential to use this for the writing processs.See More
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