Ericka Heppeard created a Biology Class Wiki Page and interactive classroom to make learning more engaging for students. The wiki page is organized by general documents and chapter materials. It incorporates technologies like PowerPoints, virtual labs, videos, online worksheets and quizzes to teach biology concepts outside the traditional classroom. Ericka's goals are to promote open communication, student responsibility, and the incorporation of more technology into learning. While time-intensive to develop, the wiki page aims to make biology lessons more fun and motivating for students.

1. Creating Project: Biology Class
Wiki Page & Interactive Classroom
ERICKA HEPPEARD
AUGUST 11, 2012

2. A Typical Classroom
 Scenario…
 Many of us remember sitting, on hard slide desk chairs, in stale white
classrooms with those corny “Love To Learn” posters stuck to the
walls while our teachers lectured to us about whatever it was we were
supposed to be learning… all while we stared anxiously at the clock.
 Does this ring a bell…. Anyone? Anyone?

3. Overview Of My Project
Rationale
 Wanted something that would work for me
 Continuation of something I was working on for this upcoming
year
 Incorporate more than one type of technology
 Collaborate previous class/course assignments I have done for
my biology classes
Result
 Biology Class Wiki Page

4. Overview Of My Project
Biology Class Wiki
 First and foremost… a work in progress!!!
 And probably will be for a LONG time!
Organized by:
 General Documents
 Chapter Materials
 Biology Resources

5. Purpose Of My Project
My Inspiration:
 The Biology Corner
Goals I Have In Mind:
 Open communication
 Take my classroom outside my classroom
 Incorporate more technology
 Turn the responsibility of learning to the students
 Teach more than just biology

6. Technology Involved
 Power Point
 Accompanied by online student copies of scaffold notes
 Virtual Labs
 Via various online software programs
 Videos
 Compliments of YouTube.com and other sources
 Online worksheets and labs
 Some I have created and others from Biologycorner.com
 Online diagrams
 Via various online software programs

7. Technology Involved
 Quizlet
 For vocabulary building and testing
 Online quizzes
 Via various online software programs
 Webquests
 Includes many facets of online technology… take a look at chapter 3 webquest
 Online textbook resources
 Include online text version as well as chapter summaries and publisher worksheets
 RSS feeds for additional reading assignments for application assignments
 Coming soon!
 And much more depending on the chapters… which I am still frantically
developing!

8. Projects To Be Completed
Depends on the chapter…
Most Include:
 I Can Statements
 Vocabulary
 Notes
 Diagrams
 Labs
 Worksheets
 Various Activities
 Study Materials
Lets take a look!!!

9. The “Goods” & The “Bads”
The Pros… The Cons…
 Incorporate technology Time commitment
common core standards
Keeping it “in shape”
 Make learning more fun
and motivating Training and first time
 Interactive “go around”
 Student individual
responsibility
 Communication
 Availability
 Can always make it better

10. What I Foresee In The Future…
 Things I would like to add later on…
 Have all chapters up and running
 Web quests for every chapter
 Have students help me develop the wiki
 Virtual and augmented reality
 RSS feeds for extended thinking activities
 Digital storytelling projects
 Screencasts for parents and student activities/labs
 Lulu textbook of my own attached to website