Wiki Walk Through

    I really, really enjoyed the wiki walk through because it had a ton of great ideas. I feel like I never know how to use them without just sending them on a website to play games. The wikis opened up so many new ideas. I loved the thought of making a Flat Stanley project on a wiki. This way kids can take their photos and post them on a safe website that their classmates can see. Anyone can log into and post and it's a collaborative effort. It allows students to go back and look what their classmates did in case they want a new, creative Stanley idea! Another great idea was the travelogue. You can create a fake travel plan and everyone can go in and edit their own section. This would be great for teaching about other cultures in the classroom. Each student could have their own little section to add into the travelogue on what we would be seeing and why! Then it would make it easy to present because it would take away the need to create another visual aid.

            While it had some really creative ideas for wikis, it also brought up some good points on teaching other skills, as well. It would definitely familiarize students with how to use technology and how it can help educate us. Since I’ll be working with small children, that’s fantastic. Since our world is becoming more and more reliant on technology, it’s almost like learning another language when you’re young so you become fluent when you’re older. It also helps teach writing skills. It is writing informative paragraphs or small excerpts about the topic. It can help communicate revision. I feel like I wrote most of my papers with a pen and pencil when I was in elementary school (granted that was a different time) but it definitely makes it easier to make mistakes on a computer. Since it is easier to make mistakes, it makes it easier to stress the point of revision.