Wikis in the Elementary Classroom

Yes, Third Graders Can Do It!

Presented by:Julie Myrmel and Diane Rich

3rd grade teachersBauer Elementary School

Hudsonville, MI 49426

email:jmyrmel@hudsonville.k12.mi.us

drich@hudsonville.k12.mi.us

Our Journeypodcasting class blog

wiki

What’s a Wiki?

WICK-ee or WEE-kee, Hawaiian for quick.It’s a webpage that lets contributors easily add, remove,

edit, and change what is at the site.

A wiki can be password protected or open to any user.Ours is hosted by our Intermediate School District

Michigan Curriculum Framework Language Arts

Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE’s)readingwriting

speakinglistening viewing

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts can be used to meet the...

Power of an authentic audience

for the students

What We’ve Tried--Our Wikihttp://blogs.oaisd.org/wiki/doku.php

Allows us to assess the level of understanding of all of the students

food chainsA food chain is what some thing eats anather and eats anather.food comes from the sun.Dead things grow on things are called decomposers what brake things down.Consumer is a plant what gets eaten by a producer .A producer is what eats plants. YUK!Energy comes from ,trees,plants,flowers bees take the neckter for hunny.

Here is What i know About Black History\\Michael Jordan Was not Always realley tall\\and the slaves Fought in the REV. WAR but not for the U.S.A.

Black history was a sad thing. Black pepole where kidnapt and got put in a auktion and sold to white pepole and they had to work for the white allday long and if they did stop they wou get wipped.Some got away by following the drinking gored to the U.G.R but it was not really under ground it was just some white pepole that thouht slavery wasent right so they would help the black get away to fedom some made it and some dident.

Location tells where something can be found. It can also include longitude and latitude. Location can be numbers,streets or addresses. One relative location is that you would say Maddie lives by Rachel. And the last thing is ,you can find people by looking in a phone book or to call them and ask them what street they live on. Pretend you are taking a trip to go to Florida. And you’ re lost. So you look at some different signs and one of them says this way to go to Florida. So you take that way and then you aren’t lost. Another one is if you’re driving and your lost you could look in a map. And thats what I know about location.

Hi,my name is Thomasa foll gron man can fitt side wase in a whale sharks maoth

Thomas, I have made the spelling errors bold. Please use the tools you have to fix them.Don’t forget capitals and periods too.Thanks,Mrs. Rich Hi,My name is ThomasA full grown man can fit sideways in a whale sharks mouth.HiMy name is Janelle! I have 12 cows. They are boy cows. They have 4 stomachs.

Janelle, Do all cows have 4 stomachs, or just your 12 boy cows? Maybe you could make that clearer.Mrs. RichYes all cows have four stomachs

Janelle, how about rewriting your original sentences to make it clearer. After you do that, you can delete all of these messages from me. Don’t forget to save the changes.HiMy name is Janelle! I have 12 cows. They are beef cows. All cows have 4 stomachs. Some are black & white. Some are red.The cows get tall when they are butchered.

Shows teachers the skills that need to be targeted for individual and small groups of students.

My Addition! My mom decided to add an addtion to our house and then I came up to my mom and I said, “mom I would like to move downstairs and have my own bedroom”. And so my mom said, " would you like to have your own bedroom?”. I said, “yes”. And so my mom said she will think about it. So I said, “ok”. The next day I woke up and I saw mom talking to the builder and then my mom came in and said to me, " would you really really want your own bedroom?”. I said, “yes”.

Allows parents to compare their child’s work to classmates.

hi my name is kassie i am 8 yers old. i like hores a lot i have whun of my one his name is moon i love him a lot.My best frindse are mrith Enya and madilin.

hi my name is Colton i am eight years old i love soccer and football and baseball and i have six people my family i have pets their dogs their names are bailey shes a germenshepard myother dogsname is parker but i dont no what kind it is

Hi my name is Natalie. Pink is my favorite color. I love gymnatics. The bunny is my favorite animal. Christmas is my favorite holiday. Chapter books are my favorite books. I have 5 people in my family. Carrie Underwood is my favorite singer. When I grow up I want to be a teacher.

One berning day a little girl was chaseing me. So I started runing. I was runing arouned the monkey bar’s. But she would not stop. And I thoult if I jump acoss the monkey bar’s and runing she would stop. So I did jump and grabed the bar...but I sliped because my hands and after LOL I did that I pritty much did a flip. Then I SLAMED my left arm on a bar so hard I herd a crack.:-X And I started crying.8-o My teacher Mrs. Teal thalt I broke it becauseLOL I never really cry. But my parents thalt I did not brake my arm.But they wonted to be sher so they took me to:-x the docter. And I got it Xrayed and sure enouf I broke my arm. So I had to git a cast. But I did not git to pick my cast. So I had to git a blane white one. And I was not happy:!::-|And you think I could stay home but I did’int.:-(

Ouch! That hurt. It really does. When I scrach my foot.

Social Networking Hey Nicole maby this recess we can play with our littlest petshopsRachel

hey nicole can i play with you guys with the littlest pet shop today? i will bring mine tomorrow!!!!!!! -MADISON R.

You spelled resses wrong on my science page-Rachel S.

Hi Madi! I saw the “Caitlyn” page. Its kind of empty but I’m sure you’ll think of something to put in there.From: CaitlynWell, Rachel, you spelled “recess” wrong as well!Mrs. Myrmel

Hi Madi will you work on my page now? anyway cool wiki

hi I like your wiki but on your catlin page it only thing it says is catline from Bailey

Bailey you spelled Caitlyn wrong and madi will you work on my page?

I like dogs too Austin.Janelle :-x I have a standard poodle. BlakeÈ

hey Austin call me some day. BRAD

Yo Austin Have You Heard OF the Rapper Akon ?

Hi!! Your wiki is awsome LEAVE ONE IN MY WIKI PLESE!:-o Maddie

Thank you for that comment in my personinal narritive!;-) your friend Maddie

Hi, Sara this is Emily your Assembly page is awsome!

Hi sara you may thanks for asking-Emily

Hey Maddie I just looked at your Black history page and you wrote that harrit Tubman helped 300 familys and she helped 200 familys. I just thought I would tell you that so you can FIXME!-Emily:-D

Hi maddie I feel bad about your dog! From Sara!

Maddie your wiki is awsome I like the end how it goes like this see you later allagater that is cute and is your dads leg better I hope it is-Sara:-D

I didn’t now that carrieunderwood was your favorite singer.Hi natalie I never new you wanted to be a teacher.

from Payton

i love the singer Carrieunderwood too Allisonhi Natalie I can totaly be your best friend and i can’t wait till the talint show.From:Payton

I like Carrie Underwood.JanelleHey Natalie I would like to start practiceing soon.Payton

Wow! I can’t beleve that it is almost my moms wedding. She is geting married on March 3rd. I am going to be the Maid of Honnor. [which is the first brids maid] :-D The color of my dress is perreywincle. I am so iksited!LOL

They Are Excited to Share

My Addition! My mom decided to add an addtion to our house and then I came up to my mom and I said, “mom I would like to move downstairs and have my own bedroom”. And so my mom said, " would you like to have your own bedroom?”. I said, “yes”. And so my mom said she will think about it. So I said, “ok”. The next day I woke up and I saw mom talking to the builder and then my mom came in and said to me, " would you really really want your own bedroom?”. I said, “yes”. So she went back outside and they both came in and went downstairs and into my new bedroom and then I followed them down the stairs and I peeked in and I heard the builder say “I will get started on it today”. I thought “Yipy!!LOL“. I was so excited to have my new bedroom because I used to sleep with my sister when I was about 5 years old and she would kick me like crazy. I could not go to sleep. Now I have my own bedroom!!! It was so much fun that I have my own bedroom. Thank you for listening to my page about my new bedroom!!!^_^

We just got done reading a book called Silver.It is about a girl named Rachel and her dog named Ruf and she has a liter of puppies and Rachel takes a dog for her self and names it Silver and Silver runns away and Rachel finds him. It was a good book. If you want to get it go to the libray and check it out. Trust me you will like it.

It’s perfect for sharing technology projects with parents.

Homework

Other Ideas

ABCs of your townCooperative stories/Choose an endingTeaching others Book clubs-at home or with other classesStudent Portfolio Edit other people’s work for no-excuse words

for proofreading practice

For Students to Try

Connect with experts in the fieldcounty/city governmentscientists writers

Volunteer mentors from school/community to read and respond to students’ work Teacher collaboration-lessons, ideas, links

...For Teachers to Try

The Missing Piece.... Collaboration

The power of the wiki lies in the authentic audience that allows interaction with people other than the teacher.

Questions to ponder:

What grades to go to for collaboration?How to find tech savvy teachers to collaborate with?

Levels of SecurityPublic Protected Private

•Anyone can view and edit text. •In order to add pictures they need to register with the host. •Anyone with an account can edit your wiki.•wiki page often includes advertising

•Everyone can view the pages •Need a password unique to the wiki to make any changes

•Wiki is only visible to people with the web address of the wiki and its password •always a cost

WikispacesPublic Protected Private

•Can edit only text without signing in to an account•No password needed, just an account with wikispaces•FREE

•Password unique to the wiki needed to edit anything•FREE

•Password needed to view wiki•There is a charge

•Can edit only text without signing in to an account•No password needed, just an account with wikispaces

pbwikiPublic Private

•You must have a password unique to the wiki to edit• Do not need to sign in by name•various levels of cost and features, including free

•Password needed to view wiki•There is a charge

SeedwikiPublic

•Can edit only text without signing in to an account•No passwords used, just an account with seedwiki•FREE

Protected/Private•various levels of security offered for a charge

wetpaint•Various levels of security are available at no charge, but anyone that wants to edit must apply to you, the wiki creator for permission, or be invited via email•Anyone can leave a comment•provides a variety of backgrounds/themes

Choose Your Own Ending

using wikispaces

Connecting and Collaborating Wiki

Play Around!

visit:www.wikispaces.comwww.seedwiki.comwww.pbwiki.com

www.wetpaint.com