Wikis in a Junior School

Using wikis in a Junior school.

Cape Town, South Africa

Carolynn BrutonSpringfield Convent Junior [email protected]

What does the word “wiki” mean?

• It’s the Hawaiian word for “quick” or “fast”

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bethany_Hamilton_20070311.jpg

Definition from Wikipedia

Wikipedia: A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis.

Lee Lefeber “Wiki’s in Plain English” from You tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Example – Grade 6 Geography – “Designer Africa” using wikispaces.com

http://designerafrica.wikispaces.com

Using an online bibliography maker – OSLIS http://secondary.oslis.org/resources/cm

In 2007 these Gd 5’s used www.pbwiki.com for a paired project on early man.

http://springfieldearlyman.pbwiki.com/Welcome%20to%20Springfield%27s%20PB%20Wiki%20on%20Early%20Man?doneLogin=fc8b2f6332d4c4a31dd2dc7fd9cce01f2e7d233c

http://springfieldearlyman.pbwiki.com/FloBia

Wiki project ideas “Me in a shoebox” – past and present

http://www.globalclassroom.org/shoebox.html

Example – Grade 3’s writing project – not e-mail but sharing a wiki. Maryland, USA and Cape Town. Ongoing.

http://willardswriters.wicomico.wikispaces.net/South+Africa-Willards+Writing+Project

Example – Grade 5’s personal diary – a way to plan or to just “vent”

http://convent.wikispaces.com/

Ideas: creating tables in a wiki and making comparisons

Name Foot sizesData Data

Image acknowledgments: http://www.graphics.iparenting.com/clipart/kidsday/kda009.jpg

Ideas: a chain story using a wiki – from Croydon in Victoria Australia

http://yrps5m.wikispaces.com/Adventure+in+the+Trench

Image acknowledgements to Wikimedia commons

Idea: student-created pages using wet paint wiki. Adding detail to a project

http://aquasquad.wetpaint.com/

Wiki ideas for the classroom from Canada’s Teachersfirst.com

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm

Jennifer Wagner's slide share on use of wikis in the classroom - for those who need more information http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/wikis-in-the-classroom

From Jennifer Wagner’s slide share

Jennifer Wagner’s “Salute to Suess” – award-winning online project http://salutetoseuss.wikispaces.com

More wiki resources:

• For teachers new to wikis:http://writingwiki.org/default.aspx/WritingWiki/For%20Teachers%20New%20to%20Wikis.html• Wiki books that anyone can edit: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior• Geometry for the elementary school:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Geometry_for_elementary_school

Talking of books – try Shelfari.org and build a virtual bookshelf with the aid of your students.

http://www.shelfari.com/o1517966342/shelf

Creating a wiki - YouTube

• PB wiki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A204JcGQiY0&feature=related

• Wiki in the classroom:http://www.slideshare.net/

coolcatteacher/wikis-in-the-classroom

Contact details:

• Carolynn Bruton• Springfield Convent Junior School• www.springfieldconvent.co.za• [email protected]• Delicious and twitter user name carbru• Skype: carjbru• This presentation:• http://www.slideshare.net/carbru/wikis-in-a-junior-

school-presentation/ (or search for carbru and wikis in a junior school)