I looked over a number of the listed wikis and saw a lot of neat examples. I particularly like seeing student contributions (some wikis seemed like more of a class website with announcements, homework assignments, etc. from the teacher).
The literature class wiki includes detailed instructions on how students should discussed specifically assigned quotes. Students are to add their discussion in page order and comment on another students' thoughts. Very neat!
The AP Environmental Science wiki was also very easy to navigate. Interesting links were added, along with a calendar and News Feeds. Students were involved in editing the site.
I particularly enjoyed the elementary class wikis. How impressive that the students can participate so early on! 5th grade wiki project, Turn Homeward Hannalee is really great. Included are chapter summaries (contributed by students, I assume), visuals (idiom interpretations), "Reader's Theater" (students read segments of story) and other links. It is so well organized and contains some fabulous material.
I'm planning to set up a wiki for students to discuss listening assignments and concerts. I originally thought a good old blog would be the place to do that, but it appears that the wiki might allow us to do more. My honors students have a research element to their grade and it would be neat to see how they collaborate. I wonder if students can compose music together...
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I love the idea of using a wiki for composing music. I wonder if there are any sites out there that allow registered users to do this - like an online Garageband. I suppose if students were just writing songs, then you could use something like Google Docs or Presentations.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for an Honors Music Class wiki!
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