Comments on: Wikiville – A Great Place To Connect http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/02/13/wikiville-a-great-place-to-connect/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Kerr http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/02/13/wikiville-a-great-place-to-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Bill Kerr Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:52:59 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/02/13/wikiville-a-great-place-to-connect/#comment-84 My feeling about a wiki would be to start off small so that students get the feel for it first. I've had a brief trial using 37 folders and will try again. <a href="http://billkerr.blogspot.com/2006/02/teacher-is-sick-today" rel="nofollow">teacher-is-sick-today</a> One idea: Encourage small groups of students to setup private spaces and give them 5 minutes of lesson time for a few weeks to exchange ideas there. They would be private, PW protected. Some groups would end up sharing what they are doing there with me (from past experience) so I would learn about them but they would be in control. Follow up: After they have had some experience using a wiki in their small private groups try again with a whole class exercise and see if the posts become more mature - still searching for a good theme though My feeling about a wiki would be to start off small so that students get the feel for it first. I’ve had a brief trial using 37 folders and will try again.
teacher-is-sick-today

One idea: Encourage small groups of students to setup private spaces and give them 5 minutes of lesson time for a few weeks to exchange ideas there. They would be private, PW protected. Some groups would end up sharing what they are doing there with me (from past experience) so I would learn about them but they would be in control.

Follow up: After they have had some experience using a wiki in their small private groups try again with a whole class exercise and see if the posts become more mature – still searching for a good theme though

]]> By: John P http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/02/13/wikiville-a-great-place-to-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-81 John P Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:20:21 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/02/13/wikiville-a-great-place-to-connect/#comment-81 Hi Graham, Thanks for the attribution. Had a qucik look through your blog an noted lots of common themes, Interactive whiteboards, blogs, FURL, professional development. Methinks we should compare more notes via email. Cheers John P Hi Graham,

Thanks for the attribution. Had a qucik look through your blog an noted lots of common themes, Interactive whiteboards, blogs, FURL, professional development. Methinks we should compare more notes via email.

Cheers
John P

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