M5 Blog Posting- Wiki Ideas

Wiki: I was lucky to find this Wiki here: https://jwilson82.wikispaces.com/

This is an excellent example of how to utilize a Wiki for your classroom. This teacher does a nice job of electronic mentoring his studies by providing them with links to resources for their projects (Roblyer & Doering, 2012, p. 242). He showcases the functionality of Wikis in the classroom by providing a digital meeting place that encourages student communication (Roblyer & Doering, 2012, p. 246). I can take cues from this Wiki on what works and what does not.

Podcasts: These are wonderful podcasts on colonial life in America here:

Witches in the colonies: http://podcasts.history.org/102708/WitchesintheColonies.mp3

Singing and dancing in the colonies: http://podcasts.history.org/082707/colonialchildrensdance.mp3

These audio files will be great for students on the go. Their small format (usually Mp3) is made to be played on personal media devices like cell phones (Roblyer & Doering, 2012, p. 224). What student can argue that they were not near a computer to do their homework when it is available to them on their phone! This will enhance my Wiki by giving my students a quick, easy resource at their fingertips.

Social Bookmarking Site: https://delicious.com/stcody

This stream is a great resource of articles and websites that can be used to augment my curricular plans and serve as lesson enhancements (Roblyer & Doering, 2012, p. 238). In terms of my Wiki, this is an excellent resource for pages for my own social bookmarking site.

Embedded HTMLs: 

This “day in history” widget will be great in my Wiki just to simply add some “cool” factor. I think it could, as Roblyer and Doering (2012) suggest, “broaden{ing} students’ perspectives on their own and other cultures (p. 244). It would be great to log in on their birthday and see what was happening in the world that day long ago!

This timeline widget will be useful for subject content as well as the “group assignment” portion of the Wiki. My idea is to have my class create a collaborative timeline of events from the founding of Jamestown to the Civil War (the mythical subject matter for my “class”). This list of explorers will help the students come up with ideas and find benchmarks.