Effectively Integrating Wikis

into the K-5 Classroom

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Sondra Baker

What is a Wiki?Wikis In Plain English Video by CommonCraft

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http://isteemergingtech.wordpress.com/about-21st-century-skills-and-emerging-technologies

ISTE, NETS & 21st Century Skills

The Original Bloom’s Taxonomy 1950 Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised 1990

Andrew Church http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Andrew Church http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy

Wikis can be used to...

Share important information about your class or a subject•Classroom rules & policies•Classroom newsletters•Content specific information

Connect your students to resources available online• Pictures•Websites• Videos• Interactive activities•Virtual Field Trips

Allow students to create content•Post projects•Answer discussion questions•Create online study guides•Connect experiences to classroom activities

Uses for Wikis in Education

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Polenzani's Projects Wiki

Polenzani's Solar System Wiki

Kisbac's Simple Machines Wiki

Technology Camp Wiki *

Anderson's Alphabet *

4th Grade Social Studies Wiki *

Mallari's Technology Showcase Wiki

5th Grade Vocabulary Wiki

Technology Committee Wiki

http://kcountingbook.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

http://primarymath.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/home

http://elementarycollaborative.wetpaint.com/

http://littlewoodnatureguide.wetpaint.com/

http://arttalk.wetpaint.com/

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AlphabetAssignments (post homework, course materials, study guides, etc…)

Brainstorm ListsContent Specific (Native Americans, endangered animals, etc…)

Creative WritingCurrent EventsDiscussion (post questions for student responses)

Examples of the Six Traits of WritingField Trips (including pictures, interviews, comments)

Five Senses

Ideas for Wikis

Getting to know you activitiesGroup FAQ (students/teachers post and respond to questions)

Group projects (students collaborate to research, draft, and edit projects)

High Frequency WordsJigsaw Study GuidesKWL’sLiterature CirclesMath Number Stories (students can post and/or solve problems)

Novel Studies (post resources, discussion questions, etc)

Online Newsletter

Ideas for Wikis

Parent InvolvementReal World Examples of Classroom Topics (alliteration, current events, shapes, etc…)

Resource Collections (0rganize articles, websites, videos, etc…)

Science (egg drop creations, ways to be green)

Spelling Rules (th, short a, etc…)

Student PortfoliosStudent Work (post student projects)

Vacation Journals (articles from students who miss school for family vacations)

Virtual Field Trips (what we would see if we went to…)

Vocabulary Words

Ideas for Wikis

                                                                                             

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HostEducational Wiki PBwiki

Wetpaint Wikispaces

Support PBwiki HelpPBwiki Manual

Wetpaint Central Support Wikispaces TourWikispaces Help

YouTube Videos PBwiki Getting Started Wetpaint Wikis In Plain English

Intro to Class Wikis with Wikispaces

Examples K-8Individual Elementary Classes

Wikis In Education Educational Wikis

Security Safety & SecurityAccess ControlsCollaboration FeaturesEmail Notifications

Site PermissionsUser PermissionsEmail Notifications

Space TypesMembers & OrganizersEmail Notification

Users Ability to create accounts for students without email addresses

No users under 13 allowed

Ability to add users without email addresses

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