I found these three wikis to be very intriguing at first glance and I had a lot of fun browsing through them. They were a great resource for me as I begin to construct a wiki page of my own! I hope you enjoy them just as much as I did. Make sure that you browse through all of the other wikis as well, there are many! They are all informative, easy to browse through, and a great resource for educators!
When I first clicked on this wikispace, I noticed that there was A LOT going on! But, at the same time…that is what made it really intriguing to me to search around a bit. First thing I noticed was that there was a wordle!
a. Tell us how the teacher is using the wiki
This teacher is using her wiki to provide information and resources to its viewers on k-8 mathematics. For example, if you were to click grades 3-5 you would be directed to a page full of items relating to their professional development. Including student work and assessment data. There are even more links to browse through by month. There are also teacher resources to browse through. Not only is this teacher providing these resources, but also it seems to be a collaborative site. She welcomes others to start discussion pages, or post helpful links or comments.
b. Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it.
What I really like about this wiki, and the wiki site in general, is that you can chose whether or not others can edit your page. I really like how this teacher elected to invite others to add to the wiki page and collaboratively create somewhere for teachers and educators to go and learn from one another or share their own ideas. This is definitely something that I would want to include in my own wiki page because, to put it simply, “two (or more) heads are better than one!”
c. Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.
In a networked classroom people are working collaboratively and sharing their ideas with one another. Networked classrooms “facilitate community centered environments because they connect the learning of each individual to the learning of the group” (Roschelle, Penuel, and Abrahamson, 2004, p. 51). This wiki page does just that. This wiki touches upon an important quality of an effective learning environment, but allowing the sharing of information from the individual, to a larger group of people.
This teacher is using this wiki page to communicate with his students. He posts reminders up for his students, an ‘if you were absent’ section, and sign up sheets. He also has information from each of the different subject areas the class is working on. This teacher seems to use this wiki page as his class website. This teacher uses this wiki to post his students projects and work from the year. Others are able to browse through and take a look at what the students have been working on.
b. Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it.
Something that I found interesting was that this teacher set up a spelling test link for the students. The students then proceed to take their spelling test right on this wiki space and submit it to the teacher. When I went through school, I had to write my words out on paper during a test. I would love to set something up where my students can take the spelling test right online. The reason I would like to do something similar as this teacher is because it allows for the classroom teacher to get feedback back to the students quickly! Besides the immediate feedback, allowing for the students to take the spelling tests right on the wiki page enables the teacher to keep his records organized.
c. Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.
Rochelle, et al. (2004) expresses “classroom networks overcome one of the greatest hurdles to improving classroom assessment: the collection, management, and analysis of date” (p. 53). This wiki allows the classroom teacher to collect student work in an orderly, organized and timely matter. The teacher is then able to analyze how the students did and provide formative assessment quickly.
This wiki page really reminds me of our class assignment of co-writing a paper on the pros and cons of technology!
a. Tell us how the teacher is using the wiki
On this wiki page the teacher has set up a Pick A Path Narrative Writing Project for her students to collaborate on. Here the students work together on the main plot, but independently work on different paths for their readers to browse through. After browsing through, I notice a similarity between this wiki page and a Goosebumps book I read when I was younger where the reader chose where to go in the story. Here, the reader has two choices (portals) to pick from to take them to the next part of the students’ story. It’s a very interactive wiki page!
b. Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it.
I would honestly like to try to create Pick A Path Narrative Writing with my students, on a wiki page. It truly is a very creative way to write! I think that students would be very eager to see the end result and see how everything comes together in the end. The students are working independently on their own portals, but the end result has to be collaboratively done! It is a great way to encourage teamwork and collaborative learning in the classroom, and it is fun for the viewers too!
c. Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.
In the article, The Networked Classroom, they discuss that students engage in simulations together where individual students are in charge of smaller parts of the whole. Wilensky & Stroup (2000) uses a traffic example to show this. They state “each student can control a traffic light in a classroom simulation of traffic patterns show on public display, and the class as a whole can collaborate to develop some of the principles of operation that would enable traffic to flow smoothly” (as cited in Rochelle et al., 2004, p. 52). This is exactly what the students on this wiki page were doing. This wiki is a great example of the Networked Classroom environment.
I'd like to share with you what I believe the main focus was of three different educational wikis from http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
I found these three wikis to be very intriguing at first glance and I had a lot of fun browsing through them. They were a great resource for me as I begin to construct a wiki page of my own! I hope you enjoy them just as much as I did. Make sure that you browse through all of the other wikis as well, there are many! They are all informative, easy to browse through, and a great resource for educators!
1. http://278mathwiki.wikispaces.com/home
When I first clicked on this wikispace, I noticed that there was A LOT going on! But, at the same time…that is what made it really intriguing to me to search around a bit. First thing I noticed was that there was a wordle!
a. Tell us how the teacher is using the wiki
This teacher is using her wiki to provide information and resources to its viewers on k-8 mathematics. For example, if you were to click grades 3-5 you would be directed to a page full of items relating to their professional development. Including student work and assessment data. There are even more links to browse through by month. There are also teacher resources to browse through. Not only is this teacher providing these resources, but also it seems to be a collaborative site. She welcomes others to start discussion pages, or post helpful links or comments.
b. Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it.
What I really like about this wiki, and the wiki site in general, is that you can chose whether or not others can edit your page. I really like how this teacher elected to invite others to add to the wiki page and collaboratively create somewhere for teachers and educators to go and learn from one another or share their own ideas. This is definitely something that I would want to include in my own wiki page because, to put it simply, “two (or more) heads are better than one!”
c. Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.
In a networked classroom people are working collaboratively and sharing their ideas with one another. Networked classrooms “facilitate community centered environments because they connect the learning of each individual to the learning of the group” (Roschelle, Penuel, and Abrahamson, 2004, p. 51). This wiki page does just that. This wiki touches upon an important quality of an effective learning environment, but allowing the sharing of information from the individual, to a larger group of people.
2. http://andersenhandcart.wikispaces.com/home
a. Tell us how the teacher is using the wiki
This teacher is using this wiki page to communicate with his students. He posts reminders up for his students, an ‘if you were absent’ section, and sign up sheets. He also has information from each of the different subject areas the class is working on. This teacher seems to use this wiki page as his class website. This teacher uses this wiki to post his students projects and work from the year. Others are able to browse through and take a look at what the students have been working on.
b. Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it.
Something that I found interesting was that this teacher set up a spelling test link for the students. The students then proceed to take their spelling test right on this wiki space and submit it to the teacher. When I went through school, I had to write my words out on paper during a test. I would love to set something up where my students can take the spelling test right online. The reason I would like to do something similar as this teacher is because it allows for the classroom teacher to get feedback back to the students quickly! Besides the immediate feedback, allowing for the students to take the spelling tests right on the wiki page enables the teacher to keep his records organized.
c. Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.
Rochelle, et al. (2004) expresses “classroom networks overcome one of the greatest hurdles to improving classroom assessment: the collection, management, and analysis of date” (p. 53). This wiki allows the classroom teacher to collect student work in an orderly, organized and timely matter. The teacher is then able to analyze how the students did and provide formative assessment quickly.
3. http://digie-xplorers.wikispaces.com/home
This wiki page really reminds me of our class assignment of co-writing a paper on the pros and cons of technology!
a. Tell us how the teacher is using the wiki
On this wiki page the teacher has set up a Pick A Path Narrative Writing Project for her students to collaborate on. Here the students work together on the main plot, but independently work on different paths for their readers to browse through. After browsing through, I notice a similarity between this wiki page and a Goosebumps book I read when I was younger where the reader chose where to go in the story. Here, the reader has two choices (portals) to pick from to take them to the next part of the students’ story. It’s a very interactive wiki page!
b. Tell us something that you would like to try that the teacher is doing with the wiki and why you want to try it.
I would honestly like to try to create Pick A Path Narrative Writing with my students, on a wiki page. It truly is a very creative way to write! I think that students would be very eager to see the end result and see how everything comes together in the end. The students are working independently on their own portals, but the end result has to be collaboratively done! It is a great way to encourage teamwork and collaborative learning in the classroom, and it is fun for the viewers too!
c. Using Rochelle, Penuel and Abrahamson to critique the wiki by telling us how this wiki meets some of the criteria of the Networked Classroom.
In the article, The Networked Classroom, they discuss that students engage in simulations together where individual students are in charge of smaller parts of the whole. Wilensky & Stroup (2000) uses a traffic example to show this. They state “each student can control a traffic light in a classroom simulation of traffic patterns show on public display, and the class as a whole can collaborate to develop some of the principles of operation that would enable traffic to flow smoothly” (as cited in Rochelle et al., 2004, p. 52). This is exactly what the students on this wiki page were doing. This wiki is a great example of the Networked Classroom environment.