Thursday, January 8, 2009
More on the Wiki
Since break is over, I figured I better get back to blogging. I have continued with my wiki, and overall it has been a success. I gave the students extra credit for going to a public library for History Day research, if they would blog about it on the wiki, and I did have some students do this over break (shocking, that they are all A students!). This week I used it to have my students post their thesis statements. I liked this, because I didn't have 150 sheets of paper, I had all the thesis statements in one place, and the students could look at each others and assist one another. The wiki has actually made it easy to check through who has completed certain tasks, and who is not keeping up. So, that's all for now.
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I love that you're using the wiki for this! One of the things I liked least about being an English teacher was hauling home a huge bag of papers to read and respond to. Although you still need to read and respond, you can access them more easily electronically. And the students benefit from seeing their peers' work. Neat!
Your ideas for using the wiki are just fabulous! Did student's comment on one anothers' thesis statements? Even if they didn't, I think it is powerful that they were "out there" for their classmates to see ... much more accountability and such. Do continue to keep us posted -- I think this is so exciting!
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