Out of all of the tools you have learned about in this class so far, wikis are one of the most versatile. As you learned from the resources shared for this unit there are an unlimited number of ways to use wikis. What were some of your favorite ideas? What are some potential uses for wikis in your classroom?
Please share the link to your Google Site in your reply.
I like how the video compared it to a camping trip. You need everyone going to be part of the planning but you need a central location to keep the information. The wiki that I created may or may not be used depending on my mother-in-law and her sister. They spearhead the reunions and other family members would like to help them with the burden of planning. My thought was instead of one or two people plan everything for everyone else that maybe all the family members could voice their input in the planning process. I'll see if they like the idea and I'll let you know at the conference. I kept the site basic for now until I see if they are interested then add more then. If they aren't then maybe I change it and use it to start back up the Houser Reunions (my mom's family)
ReplyDeletehttps://sites.google.com/a/esu13ae.org/corbett-family-reunion/
I had a hard time creating a wiki. I tried all of the free sites and thought I was going to have luck with wetpaint.com but them it just kept loading and loading. I really liked the appearance of the wetpaint wiki. I finally had luck with wikispace. https://mrsgermansclass.wikispaces.com/
ReplyDeleteI think this would be a great forum to share information with the teachers around the district it could be a great way to improve and add projects to the curriculum each year. I think it could also be very useful in planning the days where the kindergarten and first grade teachers switch kids. I will have to make myself much more familiar with wikis before I suggest a group uses one. I would have trouble helping others troubleshoot. I found myself frustrated with the process of setting this wiki up. I think that the video did a good job of describing the simplicity of the edit and save buttons but it will take more fiddling.
Sarah-
DeleteWhy didn't you try to set up a Google Site? It doesn't matter which one you use, but Google Sites allow you to easily insert other things you have created with Google Apps. It also means creating one less account. :)
I definitely think that wikis have their place in education, but the problem for me will be getting my teachers to use them! I is so difficult for me teachers to let go of the control and allow the students to be responsible about what they are posting and then dealing with any problems and consequences if and when they come up.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of wikis as professional development. I could see creating a wiki for a school building and having thoughts about possible professional development for the year. We as a district are using Humanex surveys to make us more aware of what our strengths and weaknesses are as well as having been trained as an APL school. With both of these, we have different goals or skills that we adopt and I can see creating a wiki around this and allowing the staff all be part of the planning process.
https://sites.google.com/site/armtrialwiki/
This is Tyler Kleager. Having trouble logging in with my DCBC Google address.
ReplyDeleteWeb sites have a great place in education for communicating with students, parents, and others about what is going on in your classroom.
The only down side to them is that you have to stay constant with them. If you are not on top of your information, and update all the time, the site does you no good. What good is outdated information.
Tyler again,
ReplyDeleteI forgot to put the link to my site.
https://sites.google.com/site/kleagerskorner/
I like the idea of using a wiki to do staff development, so everyone can have input. I also like the idea for reunions. I know my high school has a hard time coming up with local people that can put together the all school reunions. This would be a way that people who don’t live locally could help with the planning.
ReplyDeleteI had a project where students created their own website using html. I created a home page and we could access everything from within the district, but students couldn’t show off their work at home. This would be a great way to resurrect this project. But do you ever have issues with students vandalizing each other’s work? I’ve seen this happen with yearbook pages.
https://sites.google.com/site/bpshillwiki/
I thought the wikis that was created for Digicon12 were great because you had the access to obtain the information anytime and anywhere. I could see myself using this with the students. The students could create their own wikis over certain topics in history and instead of a research paper they could create a wiki. Then have each student add his or her own touch to the wiki with additional information.
ReplyDeletehttps://sites.google.com/a/esu13ae.org/all-about-history/
It was easy to set up a wikki with the Google the site. The difficulty I had was when I wanted to change the look or edit the look of the headers.
ReplyDeleteI would like to use a wikki to have site to a history of Extension School. Former students,parents and teachers could contribute stories and pictures.
https://sites.google.com/a/grmustangs.org/extension