2. WHAT IS A WIKI?
A wiki is short for fast
It is a online site that is created by a group of users
You need to login to edit the wiki
The most popular wiki is Wikipedia
Our wiki is called Art Explorers
It is blank right now waiting to be filled by you
Things to think about
What should we put into the space?
What should we leave out?
How can we make our content exciting to read?
3. WHAT TO RESEARCH
Our wiki will be on Art
Types of Art Styles
Interesting Artists
Our tools
World Book Online
Art Connections books
Interviews with community artists
Videos on art
4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
4th grade will research artists and find answers to the following
questions
Who is the artist?
What type of art did he/she create?
Why is this art important?
What is his/her most famous painting?
What do you think is the most interesting thing about the artist?
5th grade will research art styles and elements and find answers to
the following questions
Explain this art style
What is important to know about this style?
What does this art style look like?
What materials would you use to create this art style?
5. WHAT GOES IN THE WIKI?
Content in the form of text, pictures, videos, links, and widgits
Text is what you type into the wiki from your research on art
Pictures are carefully chosen images that reflect what your
meaning about your art section
Video are lesson you will create and film which will them be
downloaded into the wiki
Links are underlined and connect to other sites you want to share
about your content
What’s a widget? It is computer code that creates a video or
other visual into the site
6. CREATING THE WIKI
Prepare
Finish your research with the graphic organizer
Find your images and load them into the wiki
Have links saved in a word doc to cut and paste
Load or link your video lesson you created
Next
Log-in to the wiki
Find your page and click the edit button
Type your content, insert your images, and use widgets
to link your videos
