Thing #8

Thing # 8 Educational Wiki Projects

I looked at:

1001 Flat World Tales

Code Blue

Discovery Utopias

Grazing for Digital Natives

Room 15 Wiki

I found that all of these while being organized to fit each of their unique needs that each wiki had specific perks.

The 1001 Flat World Tales has contributors from Seoul, Korea - Honolulu, Hawaii - and Littleton, Colorado. The main page explains the premise for the writing workshops these students are participating in. They had a Project FAQ section that had recordings of the teachers from each country talking and explaining the wiki function, premise, and how to use it. I found this very helpful and interesting. Done at the 9th Grade Level.

Code Blue - Set its wiki home page up differently in that it gave good links for research by topic and resource. The topic of vaccinations was very informative with a history of vaccinations all the way up to a time schedule for vaccinations. They also used the sixth grade student art work on each page. You accessed their pages on the left and the links as the main home page.

Discovery Utopias - Had Discovery Blogging Rules with a parent and student signature required. This was a class rules of order so to speak. Very beneficial.

Room 15 Wiki - Is classroom teacher, David Lindsey's classroom hub. Not only is student work posted but also included here are - News/Events, Homework, Student Blogs, Teacher Blogs, Parent Help Desk, Brainteasers, and Curriculum. This set up was not only helpful for the students and teachers. But also integrated parent info.

I really was impressed by a wiki. This seemed to me off the top of my head to be a great resource in many business settings. However, the first thing that popped in my mind after viewing the video on wiki's with the camping trip demo was my daughter planning with her college roommate for their dorm room appointments. What we have and what we need. They can both collaborate without emailing back and forth so much.

These are really useful sites.