Showing posts with label Wiki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wiki. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wiki Project and Digital Storytelling

    I am really enjoying this Wiki Project.  It is a wonderful way to collaborate with each other.  I have learned many new things from all of the tabs that could be used in my classroom regularly.  I really enjoy the tab where we can post our digital story projects and classmates can view and offer comments or suggestions.  The comments that I have received so far have been very helpful as I have taken them into consideration while making adjustments to my project.  I also like the tab that was created where we offer our topic five websites off of our Diigo.  That was a great idea.  I have found many more sites that I enjoy and have added to my own Diigo account to use.
    Using the Wiki project I have used recommendations on my Digital Story to make improvements to my project.  I have added more sentences to my story and took Lisa's suggestion of adding more about how to care for a pet dog to my piece.  Originally, I found myself being focused and having a one-track mind on how I want my project to look now I think I have opened up and am beginning to explore more options to make my story better.  I used a wonderful resource- Amalia on Purpose-Storytelling to help organize my ideas and further plan my project.  This also gave me a clearer understanding of what digital storytelling entails and how to move forward.  I feel like this has given me more ideas and guidance.  

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Week 5- Wiki

While exploring Wiki's this week I came across a great wiki created by a first/second grade teacher, Kathy Collins.  Collins is a teacher in Canada who does truly amazing things with technology in her classroom.  I follow her website and feed which offers great examples and tools for classroom use.  The wiki that I discovered was titled 1000 Names.  On this wiki she was teaching her students about the number 1000 and what it would look like so she asked views to type their name in the cells provided.  Her goal was to get 1000 names for her students as it connected to her math curriculum.  I think this was a great way for collaboration and the digital community piece.   This blog has 1778 names!  Follow the link to see for yourself!

1000 Names- Kathy Collins