2. Tell us
Pizza
•Who you are. Spaghetti
•Where you teach.
•What you teach.
Salad
Steak and Potatoes
Complete the phrase with one of the choices:
Technology
is like__________
because____________.
5. •Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to
freely create and edit Web page content using any Web
browser.
•Wiki is unusual among group communication
mechanisms in that it allows the organization of
contributions to be edited in addition to the content
itself.
•Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in
a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic
use of the Web and promotes content composition by
nontechnical users.
http://wiki.org
6. Teacher
Student Wiki Student
A Server B
Student
C
The teacher creates the content on the wiki server (website). The students can
view, edit, or comment on the content.
Teacher discretion: It can be designed so student edits may only be made with
teacher approval.
7. •A calculus wiki for those wicked-long problems so
the class can collaborate on how to solve them (a
“wicked wiki”?)
•A geometry wiki for students to share and rewrite
proofs (a geometwiki?). What a great way to see the
different approaches to the same problem!
•Procedures wiki: groups explain the steps to a
mathematical procedure, such as factoring a
polynomial or converting a decimal to a fraction.
http://www.teachersfirst.com
8. •A student-made glossary of scientific terms with
illustrations and definitions added by the class
(using original digital photos or those from other
online Creative Commons sources, such as Google
CC). Linking to separate pages with detailed
information would allow the main glossary list to
remain reasonably short.
•A taxonomy of living things with information about
each branch as you study Biology over a full year.
•Detailed and illustrated descriptions of scientific
processes: how mountains form, etc.
http://www.teachersfirst.com
9. •A local history wiki, documenting historical
buildings, events, and people within your
community. Include interviews with those who can
tell about events from the World War II era or the
day the mill burned down, etc.
•A travel brochure wiki: use wikis to “advertise” for
different literary, historical, or cultural locations
and time period
•A collection of propaganda examples during a
propaganda unit.
http://www.teachersfirst.com
10. •A continuing story in which your class adds
sentence using new vocabulary words and writes
and adventure story in collaboration with the entire
class.
•An online writer’s workshop or poetry workshop
with suggested revisions from classmates. Start
with drafts and collaborate.
•Summary and discussion of a scene of a play, a
poem, or even chapter by chapter of a novel, with
groups taking responsibility for different portions.
http://www.teachersfirst.com
11. Brainstorming Activity
•Divide into groups according to subject areas
•Discuss activities and projects you already use in the
classroom
•How might these projects be adapted or improved using a
wiki?
•What challenges do you foresee in adapting these
activities and projects to a wiki format?
•Prepare to share your ideas on TitanPad
•I will send you the TitanPad URL.