I teach a class called "Integrating Technology into the K-12 Classroom" at The University of Tennessee. We are currently exploring wikis in the classroom. If you are willing I would love to be able to share your "success story" with my students.
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Thanks! Your help is appreciated. It always helps to share "real world" examples.
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Hi Jeff,
I love wikis and have had much success with them over the past few years. I am an Instructional Technology Specialist at a K-8 school in Massachusetts. I use wikispaces for a few different uses.
Resources4Learning - this wiki I created for Student Resources. My thought behind using a wiki was so my teachers and I could add curriculum links for students to one space.
Runkle Technology - this wiki is a student showcase of work. Teachers and parents love this wiki.
Resources4Teaching - this is used as a professional development space for my teachers. If there's any training or tutorials we're doing I can post to this wiki.
I used a wiki with my 7th grade technology class last year, as a way for them to share their work on our Media Literacy unit. Unfortunately, within a week, a couple students wrote inappropriate things on each other's pages and I had to stop its use with that group. This year, in order for students to collaborate and comment on each others ideas, I've been using Edmodo.
Please let me know if you have any questions at all.
:) Jenny
Jenny,
Thanks for the great ideas and tips; quick question for you -- how do you push your wiki out to your staff or do you invite them to visit your wiki space?
Ken
Hi Ken,
I talk to the invite staff individually or in small groups about how the wiki works. Then I invite them by email. I am still talking to people about it because even though the links change often, people still don't get the idea of the wiki. Everything takes time... :)
Thanks for the advice Jenny; I will be sending our an email to my staff in a couple of days inviting them to view my wiki.
Ken
Jenny,
Thanks for taking the time to share this! I really like your wikis.
I looked up Edmodo, but can you say more about your experience using it this year?
Jeff
WOW! I finally had a minute to look at the three wikis that you sent; what awesome tools, thank you.
Ken
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