I have three main ways of using wikis in high school.
With students, we have the relevant wiki page for that lesson on the IWB and they can type up any time they like during the lesson - even when they are doing assessments - e.g. I'm stuck on Q3 - they can type up ideas to help each other or if we are at a stalemate I type up hints [Thanks to @jimwysocki for a comment via Twitter for querying this so I'm making it clearer - I hope - I don't do this in tests that 'count', only in practice tests so that they can share strategies]. This way their reflections and collaborations are saved for them to come back to any time. They also have regular homeworks which ask them to summarise a topic and what they have learned or to post about key words. I blog my lesson evaluations so that they can see them (not stuff about individual students obviously). This year, I am going to experiment with getting collaborative group work going.
With staff we have two wikis, one private and one public. The private one came first and people added resources and their reflective writing.
The new public one (SPLAT) has resources attached to our weekly professional development sessions and I am hoping that people will blog their reflections on each session on the wiki. I am also hoping some collaborative work will develop here.
It would be great to hear from anyone who has done anything like this and how I can improve it.
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You are ready to do collaboration with another school. Use the wiki for something that you simply cannot replicate with paper and pencil. Showcase their ideas and share with an audience--an authentic predetermined audience is best.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul, yes that's the way forward - I think I need to have a few champions on the staff to get going
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