Student+Projects

Here are some examples of how students could use wikis for their projects
What I like about how the wiki was used-  With budget cuts getting worse and worse every year, having your class take a virtual field trip via the class wiki is the perfect solution! The students could use the class wiki to gather videos, pictures, sounds, and links to the destination of choice. Students could even combine several pages to incorporate several different destinations that could all relate to one another- like a cruise trip!
 * Example #1 A Virtual Field Trip **

How I could take something from the wiki and use it myself  I would use this in my history class for sure. So many of the countries we discuss in class are simply not possible for us to visit in real life. Besides, many of my students haven't even made it out of MO yet, let alone Egypt or India. This virtual field trip would still give them a chance to explore and share information about what we are covering in class.

EXAMPLE: http://www.wikifieldtrip.org/


 * Example #2 The Grandma Timeline **

What I like about how the librarian has used the wiki  I liked the idea of thinking about history in a unique and new perspective. I think students might get a better handle of when something happened by thing about time in this manner.

How I could take something from the wiki and use it myself  For my own classroom, I want students to be able to collaborate to create a timeline. In history we study several different civilizations that all take place at the same time. In this project, students could compare what was happening in one place with what was happening at the same time in another. For example, we spend most of the middle part of the year looking at ancient river valley civilizations- I think students would benefit from comparing each of those civilizations. They need to see what the Egyptians were doing at the same time as the Sumerians

EXAMPLE: http://cmstimeline.pbworks.com/w/page/11682146/FrontPage


 * Example #3 Mock Debate **

What I like about how the wiki is used~  In this idea, students can debate a topic using the wiki format. I think that in general people are more willing to share their ideas in print then they are to say them out loud. Some students don't like to speak up in class but having a debate on a wiki would give them a chance to think about what they want to say and an open forum to share those thoughts.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How I could take something from the wiki and use it myself <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> In my class, I would use this idea to debate issues covered in the stories and novels we read. It would give students a chance to really share what they are thinking without having to be overwhelmed by others. They are still being held accountable for their thoughts and are encouraged to share more than they normally would in class.

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