Thing # 8 Wiki
Vicki Davis’ blog about using wikis was exciting because I could feel her excitement that students were taking responsibility for their own learning and that does not happen enough. I complain about it all the time. I first checked out the wiki Flat Classroom Project and I was a bit overwhelmed. I quickly went to several others and was relieved that I understood what I was looking at. I realized what I did get from Flat Classroom was the aspect of learning in a worldwide arena or classroom. The FHS Wolves Den was a super online document that was very well organized and useful for middle school students anywhere. This website is a great collection of information, games, and ideas. I also enjoyed the Turn Homeward Hannalee wiki. These students were obviously organized by the teacher and given certain chores to complete. I think students can certainly branch out and have ideas of their own but need guidance at first. I liked the variety of tools used by the students. I felt like the students took great pride in this website . Most importantly to me was how this could be used as a final evaluation for a novel instead of a test with 100 multiple choice questions to be answered as A,B, C, or D.
My most exciting idea for a wiki is to use this website as a collaboration for our school geography club. I feel like the creation of this site would invite more students to join us even if they cannot meet with us after school.
