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Eleven Interesting Ways* to Use a Wiki in the Classroom

Eleven Interesting Ways* to Use a Wiki in the Classroom. This work is licensed under a  Creative Commons  Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.0 License. *and tips. #1 - Create a subject-specific repository. Get students to write their own revision materials!.

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Eleven Interesting Ways* to Use a Wiki in the Classroom

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  1. Eleven Interesting Ways* to Use a Wiki in the Classroom This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.0 License. *and tips

  2. #1 - Create a subject-specific repository Get students to write their own revision materials! • Sign up for a free 'education' wiki with Wikispaces(see link below) • Make the wiki only open to those you have granted access. • Get students to sign up for a Wikispaces account 4. Make students     responsible for their     own pages. 5. Students can       collaborate and      become 'experts' http://wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Doug Belshaw

  3. #2 - Ask for student response • as collaborative project • And To Think That I Saw It On My Way To School • Love That Dog • to books • Civil War Novels • Ghost Cadet • to classwork/class discussions • WikiWorld! • Emma's Politics Page • To Canadian mentor • Di Hengen and student conversations Paula White

  4. #3 - Show off Student Work • to demonstrate understanding • Fractions, Decimals and Percents • Consecutive Numbers • for an audience (reports and projects) • Landmarks and Math • Discrimination (check out Japanese Americans) •  for advertising purposes • 5th Grade Fundraiser   (see menu on left) • To meet someone (in this case, our mentor introducing herself) • Dionne Hengen The Rotunda Charlottesville, VAUSA Paula White Scott Stadium At UVA Charlottesville, VA

  5. #4 - Allow Students to create pages: • Just For Fun • 5th Grade Student pages • Drew's Games • To communicate • Summer Activities • Spring Break • To relieve stress • Going to Middle School • To organize for presentations • School Board Links Paula White

  6. #5- Publish Training Videos Use Jing and Wikis together to learn and review • Students: • Researched/mastered assigned objective for MOS Certification test • Wrote scripts with step-by-step instructions • Used Jing to record screencasts • Used a Wikispaces wiki to upload video and add script • Wiki is now a source for learning and reviewing MOS test objectives • Has also been shared with school staff for quick how-to reminders Heidi Van Riper @hlvanrip

  7. #6 - Post Podcast Embed  Podcast • Create podcast and embed on page • SES Computer Lab • We use Podomatic to create ours, then embed the code in the wiki. Barb Smith

  8. #7- Sharing teaching techniques among staff Invite staff to share ideas that work and build up a library of techniques • For example • Good practice in teaching pupils with SEN •  Ideas for stetching the most able • Ways of integrating thinking skills / MIs into lessons • Advantages • Easy access to staff when it's convienient to them • Quickly builds into a valuable resource • Some staff will contribute and this builds shared sense of ownership Dave Stacey @davestacey

  9. #8 A wiki as a forum for pupils to air issues relevant to teenagers. Create a wiki for a group of teenagers. • Pupils create seperate wiki pages relating to certain issues: • Bullying • Drugs • Peer-pressure • etc • Pupils include links to resources, helplines, fora etc. • Pupils use the Wiki discussions • Pupils use the discussions in addition to the pages themselves. The discussions allow conversations around the issue. Submitted by Dughall McCormick Twitter: @dughall

  10. #9 - Where can I get a wiki? Three companies offer ad-free wikis to educators. Each offer different features, which may make them suitable for specific purposes http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki Dave Stacey @davestacey

  11. #10 - Interactive Sub (Supply) Plans Create a page with sub plans and post for class Sample Voki Sub (Supply) Plans • Create voki and read plans to class •  Post Schedule and show class • Require at least one assignment be done using wiki creating virtual classroom teacher can look in on @mwacker Michael Wacker

  12. #11 Create a collaborative dictionary. • - Create an English or foreign language dictionary to catalogue new words encountered each week: • Have a new page per topic area. • As an extension, students add what type of word it is, i.e. noun, adjective etc, genders (for MFL), and an example of its use.  Submitted by Catherine Elliott Twitter: @camoore

  13. If you would like to:  • Contribute your ideas and tips to the presentation. • Let me know how you have used the resource. • Get in touch. You can email me or I am @tombarrett on Twitter If you add a tip (or even if you don't) please tweet about it and the link so more people can contribute. I have created a page for all of the Interesting Ways presentations on my blog. The whole family in one place :-) Image: ‘Sharing‘ Thanks for helpingTom Barrett Have you seen Maths Maps yet?

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