Nikki+Chambers

Below are links to wikis that I thought were interesting or that could be used in the classroom.

http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ This wiki is a story created by students. My students may enjoy a similar project because they get to tell a story and choose different events and endings to that story.

[] I like the All About Me wikis created by students.

[] Many creative ideas for using wikis in the classroom.

I really liked the All About Me wikis. This would be a great "Get to Know You" activity to use with students. This would be particularly helpful this year because students are coming together from different schools so there will be a variety of new faces. Students could learn a little bit about one another and discover who shares some of their interests.

Wikis could also be a useful tool for collaboration among teachers. I think I could use a wiki with the other teachers on my team to share lesson ideas or fundraising information for our 5th graders attending Outdoor School.

Web 2.0 Three resources that I liked that I think I could use in my classroom are animoto, blabberize, and glogster.

Animoto can be used to create short videos with pictures, text, and music. I think I could use Animoto with my students to create an All About Me project or to share photos of special school events such as field trips, outdoor school, assemblies, or field day.

Blabberize allows users to create talking pictues. I think I could blabberize to have students create book reports. I would have students choose or create a picture of their favorite character and give a summary of the book as that character. This would also be useful in social studies to do reports on famous people. Students could use a picture of the person they are doing the report on and give the report as if they were that person. In health class students could use blabberize to create speeches or commercials telling others why it is important to stand up to peer pressure.

Glogster is a resource that allows users to create interactive posters using picture, video, text, or sound. This would be a creative way to do any type of report in science, health, social studies, or reading. In science students could share information on topics being studied such as landforms or animals. In health students could create posters about peer pressure, nutrition, or reasons not to use drugs and alcohol. Students could create posters in social studies about famous people from history, historical events, or states. In reading class students could share their thoughts on a story by telling things they liked, didn't like, or write a new ending to a story.