My lesson plan link…
http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/action/lessonplan/iVar/242
I wanted to explore an area where I could create a private wiki. Out school District has blocked all wiki’s due to the social nature of these sites. J Although, everything is wonderful and worthy of educational merits, school boards in Ontario are potentially liable for allowing the freedom of speech on their networks. Currently, we are investigating private social networking products offered by epals.
If my lesson plan I wanted to find an appropriate wiki space and have it ready as part of the lesson; hence, I discovered wiki spaces that allows for private posting abilities, students could be added by a teacher through their current epals email addresses.
http://www.wikispaces.com
Template
http://autobiographylesson.wikispaces.com
Finally I thought you might want to look at a discussion board I found on assessing Web2.0 wikis from a university in Scotland…
http://ewds.strath.ac.uk/ConferenceSessions/Discussionfora/tabid/90/view/topics/forumid/25/Default.aspx
It was interesting to follow their discussions on the difficulty of marking collaborative work on wikis and their solutions.
Edit Wiki on Wikiteach – After visiting the link above I added the idea of a reflective journal as a great way to evaluate student learning and experiences of wiki’s.
http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/Wikiteach/WikiteachWriteMgr/action/edit/iVar/228
1 comment:
I really enjoyed your lesson plan. I can see middle school students being pretty excited about the autobiography of a rubber band!
I also like your private wiki. This opens up the topic to your class, but only your class. Appending the story of a rubber band might be a lot of fun!
Meri
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