Comments on: The MWV Science Fair Online http://ateachersthoughts.com/collaboration/the-mwv-science-fair-online/ Learning and Science in the 21st Century Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rick Biche http://ateachersthoughts.com/collaboration/the-mwv-science-fair-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Rick Biche Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:41:22 +0000 http://ateachersthoughts.com/?p=135#comment-1875 Ted, I began with a sandbox wiki that is private. I let the play around for a day until the figured out the tool. Then we launched into a project on the Amistad. The content was derived from a packet handed out by our Social Studies teacher. There is no reason you couldn't put this online. My role was tech support along this first project. This team approach worked well. The content for the Amistad wikis was laid out based on a KWL the social studies teacher did. He had a few students begin writing an overview of the time period, throwing in links to pertinent events. Other students used the links to events to create additional pages. They communicated via wiki mail to coordinate the completion of the project. If you want students adding to the wiki you will want to clearly outline the expectations of their contributions. I have thought about trying to do the whole year wiki too, but I usually just make a new one for each project. For Assessment on the Science Fair wiki I look at the all the pieces of evidence I listed in my previous post on standards for the science fair. I also look at their participation in conversations. I track that by looking at the discussion tabs. Hope this helps. Ted,
I began with a sandbox wiki that is private. I let the play around for a day until the figured out the tool. Then we launched into a project on the Amistad. The content was derived from a packet handed out by our Social Studies teacher. There is no reason you couldn’t put this online. My role was tech support along this first project. This team approach worked well.

The content for the Amistad wikis was laid out based on a KWL the social studies teacher did. He had a few students begin writing an overview of the time period, throwing in links to pertinent events. Other students used the links to events to create additional pages. They communicated via wiki mail to coordinate the completion of the project.

If you want students adding to the wiki you will want to clearly outline the expectations of their contributions. I have thought about trying to do the whole year wiki too, but I usually just make a new one for each project.

For Assessment on the Science Fair wiki I look at the all the pieces of evidence I listed in my previous post on standards for the science fair. I also look at their participation in conversations. I track that by looking at the discussion tabs.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Ted Wilson http://ateachersthoughts.com/collaboration/the-mwv-science-fair-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 Ted Wilson Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:39:11 +0000 http://ateachersthoughts.com/?p=135#comment-1872 Hi Rick, Just have some questions about how you launched into using Wikis with your classes. Did you create an outline for them to follow (like certain topics you wanted covered?) or do you let the kids decide. I'm trying to create a Wiki with my class that tracks what we have already covered throughout the year. Then my idea is to add to it as we move along. How do you evaluate their learning? Based on their reflections alone? Or do you look at their contributions to the pages? TW Hi Rick,

Just have some questions about how you launched into using Wikis with your classes. Did you create an outline for them to follow (like certain topics you wanted covered?) or do you let the kids decide.

I’m trying to create a Wiki with my class that tracks what we have already covered throughout the year. Then my idea is to add to it as we move along.

How do you evaluate their learning? Based on their reflections alone? Or do you look at their contributions to the pages?

TW

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