Using+Wikis+to+Create+Classroom


 * Using Wikis To Create Classroom Connections (Fred)**

Presenters: Debbie Wile and Dave Mendell Affiliation: Wallingford - Swarthmore School District

Both are elementary level teachers at Wallingford Elementary School. Dave teaches a 4th Grade class and Debbie is an enrichment teacher. Both have been using wikis in their classes for a couple of years.

Goal: Kids should be able to get what they need from the teacher whenever they need it.

The wiki is ideal in that it allows the teacher control over who can see the information and when. One keeps it open, the ther only lets in the users desired.

Both use it as a resource page. Whatever they type up and distribute in class is also place on the wiki as a reference.

Wikispaces generates an email address and there was some considerable discussion on how these are used and whether thy should be used with kids. Debbie said it does make email addresses for users but she does not use them r even let them know about them. I think Dave said he did.

Internet crashed building wide at this session so it was difficult to "go" places. Fortunately they had already brought up a number of screens. They simply could not click away from them.

In response to a question about blogs they said the wiki allows content to be shared where the blog allows simply the sharing of ideas.

[|Dave's Classroom Homepage and link to Class Wikis]