Thing #8 Wikiness

This is one of the things that I have most wanted to know how to do. It was amazing seeing the wikis that classes have created. In the post called Wiki Wiki Teaching, there were great links to several student created wikis. Two of my very favorites were one which was set up as a study hall sight for students to view and see assignments and projects that were coming up. I really liked it since it made the  students responsible for maintenance of  their own study time. The other was a review for an English exam where students were basically making their own collaborative on-line review.

While exploring the list of Wikis provided, I of course went to the science sites first. I absolutely loved the 6th grade science site called "code Blue". Since I teach body systems in the Spring, we may try something like this one. It appears that each student had to do a brief amount of research about a medical profession and write a short paragraph about themselves with a description that made them that Dr. It would be a great way for the teacher to know who they are and they still retain their anonymity. Also within this wiki was a great link to a "yucky science" site that students would love. My favorite discussed the digestive system.

One of the sites was a high school chemistry teacher's wiki. I found the way it was set up to probably be one that would not be a problem for anyone monitoring the system. It seemed to be very clear and concise and would allow the students to access expectations for each lesson and to post their assignments to the wiki. It appeared that many students had made powerpoints of various subjects.

As the U.S. turns its head toward elections, I found one the Wolf's Den wiki had a link to a student history site where each student had a link inside their class, and they were asked to post reasons for who they would vote for and why. Some of the posts were most insightful and I believe that if the teacher had not made up his or her mind, they might make a decision based on input from students.