After watching the video on how to “Wiki” and reading the articles that were posted, I now have a much better feel as to how to use a “wiki”. I understand how it can be much easier than an email going back and forth about something specific. I also can see the advantages of getting different feedback from people on a certain topic. One teacher posted how her first graders are learning to write and offered others to help edit it. Now that my students are beginning to understand what a “sentence” is, I think we might be able to try some creative writing activities as well. I just have to figure out how to go about the whole process.

I also do a unit on making igloos. I wonder if I could create an assignment where the kids have to come up with all the items/materials they need to do this. I could split them in groups and work together on “editing” the page as it gets written on. Another idea I had was to use it with my colleagues during team teaching. For example, if we were working on a Character Education lesson, we could go back and forth on a Wiki page on different items to discuss or materials we would need for the presentation. I could also make a page for planning class plays with colleagues listing again the characters, props, etc. It seems as though the possibilities are endless......