Thing 8 – Wiki together.

Exactly ! Wiki’s are intended as a way to enable collaboration to present information on any subject. In the wiki sites that I read through, I found information on anything from books that could be viewed online in Grazing for Digital Natives, to assignments about the Holocaust. Book reports such as Turn Homeward Hannalee, where the students give a chapter by chapter summary and Go West, about life on the Oregon Trail are good ways to enable students to not only be informed but to inform others.

**** You internalize your knowledge when you share that information with others. ****

As a music teacher, I would enjoy creating a class wiki featuring composers, composing, musical styles, even famous musicians, past and present…etc.

After viewing some of the wikis, I would create a site that :

• Clearly stated a purpose/theme.
• Concentrated on maybe one or two subjects per quarter.
• Arranged the subject(s) into sections. This would allow for students/teachers to edit a bit more easily.
• Have a Resource site section, initially established by the teachers and then any additional information on sites added by the students. Of course, creativity in graphics and media would be encouraged and guided.

I think it would be a fun project to find a way for a class to compose a tune on a wiki site.

I am already enjoying playing around with my Wiki site in the Web 2.0 sandbox.