Examples of Collaborative Project Wikis

In a few weeks I will be giving a PD on online collaborative projects. I would like to share examples of how wikis can be used to create collaborative projects. The PD is directed at elementary age students in grades 3-5. It does not matter if the project has already been completed or is currently open to contributions. Subject also does not matter.

Does anyone have a wiki site they would be willing to allow me share?

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Permalink Reply by Nathan on March 6, 2009 at 1:52pm

I teach a high school world religions course and I started using a classroom wiki this year. It has been a great experience for my students and myself. We use the wiki for collaborative projects, on-going student led study guides, review articles and post responses, and to complete classroom assignments.

Since you asked about collaborative projects I will only explain how I do this. My wiki is set up through wetpaint. I am currently teaching a unit on Hinduism and decided to have students do a group activity using their wiki site. This activity is very similar to the classic "Jigsaw" teaching strategy, I just added technology to it. First I assigned each group a topic and gave them a class period to research and put together an outline. I also required them to come up with potential test questions, a visual of some sort, and a link to a site that provides additional information on their topic. On the second day, we used our portable computer lab to put their research on their wiki site. I created a page for each class, and then added a page for each groups topic. The downfall to a wiki is that only 1 student can edit at a time. Then I developed a handout for them to complete using the wiki pages that they created. Overall, the group activity was a success and I will be trying it again.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Kutkey on March 6, 2009 at 4:21pm

You can share my wiki, although it was made by 7th and 8th graders. We worked together creating a help site for the program RPG Maker XP. I did very little instruction on the creation of the wiki. They pretty much fiugred most of it out themselves and loved every minute of it. They took it very seriously.

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Permalink Reply by Mary Hricko on March 7, 2009 at 6:37pm

Kristin Still and I put together a wiki to engage students in a flat classroom type project in wikispaces. I use wikis for e-portfolios and have my students work together on building their portfolios. We have been using wikispaces and wetpaint.