The document discusses using wikis in the classroom and provides examples of classroom wiki projects. It lists different types of wikis and how to create and edit wikis. It also lists other web tools like Animoto, Glogster, Voicethread, Wordle and Schooltube that can be used for student projects and shares links to examples of projects created with these tools.

1. Patti Harju St. Stephen School www.2teach.edublogs.org

2. Wikis www.chalk.wikispaces.com www.123teach.wikispaces.com www.harju.wikispaces.com www.wikiharju.wikispaces.com

4. Types of Wikis Public anyone can see, anyone can edit (think wikipedia) usually free, may include ads Protected Anyone can see,only members with a password can edit. Sometimes a cost Private only members with a password can see or edit Usually costs

5. Using a Wiki

12. How to edit a new wiki… (choose an easy wiki name) www.ssfirst.wikispaces.com www.mzbmiller.wikispaces.com www.wiki3rd.wikispaces.com Click EDIT Type in your new Text Click SAVE

13. http://winterwonderland.wikispaces.com/ http://50statesproject.wikispaces.com/ http://monsterproject.wikispaces.com http://writeyourstory.wikispaces.com/

14. Projects by Jen http://www.jenuinetech.com/index.htm

16. Animoto takes your pictures and images, lets you add your soundtrack or music from their collection and turns them into wonderful videos. It is free for educators and students and very easy to use.

17. These videos was created using Animoto.

19. 1 st Grade Wiki -- Clarion, Pennsylvania http://b-7bobcats.wikispaces.com/StoryHen Many great examples of Glogster and other Web Tools.

20. Voicethread

21. 2 nd Grade Coin VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#u1928.b602404.i3213022

22. Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Wordle www.wordle.net 2 nd Graders Lenten Promises Guess the Wordle from Projects by Jen

23. www.schooltube.com Upload and share Classroom Created Videos Mathcast Wacky Weather Luke 2 Video

26. Skype Call with Virginia Part of the Progressive Story Collaborative Project http://writeyourstory.wikispaces.com/

27. Blogs www.harju.edublogs.org www.2teach.edublogs.org

28. Blog Post

29. Student Written Blog Posts

30. Other Blog Posts

31. Blogs from Other Schools Auckland, New Zealand Manchester, UK 1 st Grade, Virginia 4 th Grade, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

32. Comments

34. Class Blog www.harju.edublogs.org Class Wikis www.harju.wikispaces.com 09-10 www.wikiharju.wikispaces.com 08-09 Presentation Wikis www.chalk.wikispaces.com www.123teach.wikispaces.com

35. Patti Harju 2 nd Grade Teacher St. Stephen School Grand Rapids, Mi Email: psharju@sbcglobal.net