Monday, November 2, 2009

Wikis Wikis!

Wikis are a great educational tool for digital collaboration, digital portfolios, curriculum writing and much more. So far, I have used or use wikis for teacher collaboration and student portfolios. Most recently, I started transferring the social studies curriculum that I am writing to a wiki. This is allowing me to compile each lesson with resources in one spot. I think this will make it user friendly for teachers.

Dianne Krause, my school district's technology integration specialist, has a few wikis that help me on a daily/weekly basis. Here is one on web 2.0. Another one is the e-toolbox. Here is another wiki developed by a teacher who teaches in the Philadelphia School District. He developed a project where a stuffed turtle named Morpheus Fortuna travels to different schools throughout the state (and maybe farther...not sure) and the classes journal his stay. He visited my school last year!

4 comments:

  1. It seems like you are a wiki queen.

    You're lucky to have Dianne in your school district. She is very knowledgeable.

    Check out Civil War Sallie's blog created by a 10 year old student from the Harrisburg area. http://civilwarsallie.blogspot.com/

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  2. Once again, thanks for the valuable wikis you provided above! Many of my "favorites" now consist of resources I have found through you. Thanks Kate!

    * I looked through the wiki of the teacher in the Philadelphia School Distric. After exploring the wiki, I found a section describing resources for my grade level (5th). I am very eager to look more in depth in the resources!

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  3. Once again, thanks for the valuable wikis you provided above! Many of my "favorites" now consist of resources I have found through you. Thanks Kate!

    * I looked through the wiki of the teacher in the Philadelphia School Distric. After exploring the wiki, I found a section describing resources for my grade level (5th). I am very eager to look more in depth in the resources!

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  4. Cindy,
    Wow...That blog is amazing. She is one talented girl! Thanks for sharing!

    Colleen, thanks for your kind words! I am glad you were able to find resources through the links I've posted!

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