classroom+uses

So how could a wiki be used in your classrooms?
[| Classroom possibilities] > An elementary class “encyclopedia” on a special topic, such as explorers or state history – to be continued and added to each year! > A wiki “fan club” for you favorite author(s).
 * An annotated virtual library: listings and commentary on independent reading students have done throughout the year
 * collaborative book reviews or author studies
 * A virtual tour of your school as you study “our community” in elementary grades
 * A travelogue from a field trip or NON- field trip that the class would have liked to take as A culmination of a unit of study: Our (non) trip to the Capital and what we (wish) we saw.
 * Detailed and illustrated descriptions of scientific or governmental processes: how a bill becomes a law, how mountains form, etc.
 * Family Twaditionwiki- elementary students share their family’s ways of preparing Thanksgiving dinner or celebrating birthdays (anonymously, of course) and compare them to practices in other cultures they read and learn about.
 * A //Where is Wanda// wiki: a wiki version of the ever-favorite Flat Stanley project. Have each Wanda host post on the wiki, including the picture they take with Wanda during her visit. Even better: keep an ongoing Google Earth placemarker file to add geographic visuals to Wanda’s wonderful wanderings as a link in the wiki. WOW! Where in the world IS Wiki Wanda?

Wiki Checklist
Here are a list of ideas for what you might like to include on your wiki.
 * Parent interviews - have student upload their work onto their pages and show this to parents. students could practice discussing their work beforehand so they can tell their parents what it is about and what they learned
 * Encouraging students to engage in each others' work by posting comments or questions
 * Pictures of your classroom - both with and without students
 * Handouts - especially for absent students or ones students lose a lot
 * Class Notes (use the class scribe system and have them do this, not you!)
 * Links and Resource page
 * Links to other schools
 * Planning for class trip
 * Calendar - classroom calendar, school calendar, etc.
 * Parent's Page - notes, letters, pictures, announcements, etc.
 * Extended Lessons - webquests, further research
 * Import a Blog (go to Help at top of page to learn how)
 * Real World ___ (name of your subject) Have students answer how what they are learning can be used in the real world
 * Link to your blog
 * A page about you - introduce yourself
 * A page of your writing or your own work --pictures, short story, drawing (scan it ), or something you've created