Classroom Wiki

I mentioned in my last post that I had created a wiki. Since the settings are private for the security of my students, here is a Jing (woohoo!) screenshot of my welcome page:

I have just begun creating a writing assignment for my students on the wiki. They will be working with their group to write a collaborative story. Here is another Jing screenshot of the “Writing Page”. I have links to each group’s page where they will be doing their writing & editing.

Wikis can be used in many ways & here is a link to a list of tons of different educational wikis that teachers are already using.  Some educational uses are:

• Teachers collaborating on & sharing lesson plans
• Teachers adding & sharing tips, websites, favorite tech tools, etc.
• Sharing school/class information with parents & the community
• Students taking class notes
• Students collaborating on writing assignments (co-writing, peer editing, etc.)
• Students working together to solve math problems & share their thinking
• Students working together to create solutions to community issues
• Telecollaboration! Students work with students from other communities on any of the above student projects or others
• Students working together to…. (possibilities are endless)!