Tips and resources and examples for wikis in K-6?

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Permalink Reply by Marie on August 5, 2008 at 12:30am

Hi Erik, you can check out Anne Mirtschin's wiki at http://ejourneys.wikispaces.com/

Marie

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Permalink Reply by Anne Baird on August 5, 2008 at 6:36am

Here are a couple that are works in progress. Our year 7 & 8 students use wikis as digital portfolios. But they are set to private so I can't share them with you. But I can share a pretend one that has a few examples to get you on your way. Just go to the link below.
Our grade 5 & 6 students also have their own wikis that they use to communicate with each other and store links, embed widgets and generally have a play with. We encourage them to do that so that when they get to Yr 7 they are quite familiar with the technology and can focus on the content of their portfolio.But again these are set to private so I can't really share a real one with you.
We also use wikis as portals for class work and have used them for younger students in that way.
I realise that these are not necessarily the usual way that wikis are used. But I think that the power is in the potential to make them any thing you want to.
Finally one more wiki which is probably a little more like the usual fare. The quality could be better I think but for a first go for our Year 7 students and their teacher it wasn't too bad.

https://discoveregypt.wikispaces.com/

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Permalink Reply by Anne Baird on August 5, 2008 at 6:44am

Links for you
https://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/Digital+Portfolios
https://wedderburnp12.wikispaces.com/

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Permalink Reply by Erik Johnson on August 5, 2008 at 11:21am

Wow, really helpful. Jemma's is not protected (fyi). Thanks again!

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Permalink Reply by Erik Johnson on August 5, 2008 at 10:38am

Thanks! These are great examples!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on August 5, 2008 at 11:27am

We've done 5 wikis for 5 different reasons, you can check them out here.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Pilver on August 5, 2008 at 11:43am

Hello
check out our Spice it Up a Notch with Nutmeg wikis at
http://nutmeg2008.wikispaces.com/
http://nutmeg.wikispaces.com/
http://nutmeg2009.sblc.wikispaces.net/
Also, our What Makes a Good Discussion Response? lesson
http://www.sblceastconn.org/gooddiscussion.htm
and formative assessment
http://www.sblceastconn.org/nutmegpreassess.htm

Also, some more examples of wikis used in education can be found here
http://motivating.wikispaces.com/Wikis#toc5

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Permalink Reply by Erik Johnson on August 5, 2008 at 12:00pm

Awesome! I'm on it!

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Permalink Reply by marmzanwai on October 16, 2009 at 5:44pm

hello friends,

i have to write a wiki project in group on a subject. i am quite green to it, actually. could you please give me any ideas or direct me to some how-to resources for it? my email is lifelong.edu.seeker@gmail.com.

regards,
marm

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