Thing #8

I would like to start a wiki about a book that a student needs to read first and then have conversation about what happened in the book.
The first wiki that I visited was http://monsonclassroom.wikispaces.com/. This wiki was from a fifth grade classroom. It was designed to have students think about ways to help our country and climate. The instructions were very clear and concise. I enjoyed reading the students responses and I thought the questions were very well thought out. I especially liked the question that the teacher asked about what questions would they have for President Obama.
The second wiki that I looked at was http://gowest.wikispaces.com/. This was completed by third grade students. It looks like the students were studying the west and the teacher set up a timeline and then gave the students an area to research. The students used Kidspiration to make graphic organizers and also added pictures. I think the students would have to have a lot of help in producing this wiki, but a lot would be learned.
The final wiki that I observed was http://community.saugususd.org/dlindsay/page/. This was a fifth/sixth grade site that was set up like a class web page. It was divided into a classroom window and a curriculum area. There were student blogs,teacher blogs, news events and homework in this area. This wiki was very appealing to the eye as well as informative.