Wow, I really did not know what wikis were until taking this course. I have been to the wikipedia site before and to tell the truth I had no idea that it was constructed by everyday people. I thought it was the product of a publishing company of encyclopedias. For now on I will tread carefully in deciding to use the information from this site soley. This book has opened my eyes to more precautions we as educators need to take when helping students become better information searchers and information sorters. The Internet has an abundance of resources but not all of the resources are 100% reliable in providing accurate information. In reading this book as an educator, I witness myself becoming more and more web tool literate. Being web-tool literate will help me to better create, design, and implement blogs and wikis.
It was interesting to read about wikis and how educators can use wikis in the classroom for collaborative writing. I can see my students writing collaboratively about the health benefits of being physically active, or the health diseases and conditions associated with leading a non-activie lifestyle, or the 101 ways to be physically active..... the possibilities are endless. I can also see my students creating a wiki on activities and games of various cultures. They will do the research to learning about various cultures, engage in the activity or game, and post their research and play results on the wiki site.
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You have some great ideas as to how to use wikis in your class. I think wikis were new to many of us. Many of my students didn't know about wikis either. It will be interesting to see what they think of using them.
Wow, Toni, I really like your ideas on using wikis in health and PE. I especially like the 101 ways to stay fit. Thats great! I thought about using it for creating an ultimate collection of information for a unit for students to use as a study guide. :)
Jen, I like your idea of creating an ultimate collection of information for a unit for your students to use as a study guide. I believe your idea will enhance your students ability to master the concepts in each unit! Can I use your idea as well?
"101 ways to stay fit" is a FANTASTIC idea! We wouldn't even have to stop at 101... it could be a rolling continuum from one year to the next, a sort of challenge to see how many new idea students can come up with each year. We could have friendly classroom competitions even! Wiki's would be great to use, but I think wiki's in combination with blogs could actually help us through our health curriculum. This could take a little less time out of PE and put it on them, the students, as individual or group work outside of class.... what do you think?
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