Thing 21

I was inspired by many of the wikis that I clicked on. Pathfinders looks to be a great place for kids to easily find research materials that they can use and they can do it from home. I liked Weiker's Wikinomics because he spelled out the rules, grading policies, had rubrics course guides textbooks... everything! At Westwood School's wiki I enjoyed seeing how one teacher set up the computer lab schedule and posted an online art album. I also took a look at the wiki created by Magie (the Digital Immigrant) for room 118. I thought this was excellent. She used some YouTube videos to teach some concepts and had some reference materials for kids to access for math etc. I am not sure I can do all this. I'd love to give it a try and have an idea but I am not sure where to start (although I did copy down the address to get started from the Common Craft video). Time to manage the wiki, and ideas on how to think ahead about potential problems and prevent them, would help overcome these hurdles. I searched the educational site for some examples of health education wikis. I found one site that had to do with health careers (HSTE Project). They had an amazing video using a Voki and some interactive software developed by MIT that gives a heads-up into what health care might look like in the future. (See the link if you are interested. Scroll down on the page until you get to the New Media Medicine Video on Vimeo). More PD time scheduled during the school year would also be invaluable to further create, share and modify any attempts I make this summer . Another thing that would be helpful is some sort of chart or something that can help a novice like me decide what web 2.0 tool would be best. A blog, a wave, a doc, or a wiki. They have some things in common. Maybe a chart would help me discriminate what might work best. Or maybe I need more time to sort it out and explore.