Sociology-Suicide+Wiki+Project

Presenter: Andrea Rohrbaugh, Red Lion Time: 9:30 - 10:15 Room: 275 Contact: email

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__OVERVIEW OF A WIKI: __
THE FOLLOWING LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO MY HOME PAGE WHICH WILL SERVE AS AN INTRODUCTION TO WIKI SPACES.

CLASS HOME PAGE

CLASS PAGE


__ SUICIDE PROJECT __


__ [|RESOURCE 1: PBWIKI]

RESOURCE 2: WEBTOOLS

[|RESOURCE 3: CLASSROOM TOOLS] RESOURCE 4: SOCIAL STUDIES GUIDE__

Notes:
A wiki is easier to manage than a website. Can protect it so kids can't edit if you don't want them to. They can view without being members. Great tool for parent communication. Ability to embed outside sites within the wiki, such as a google calendar, google forms and other widgets. Student access from anywhere.

The tedious part of using a wiki for the projects is getting the kids going with the details of embedding and use of the wiki. Spends a class period using a past project to go over the steps they'll need to be successful in this area. Recommends using http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools as a way to intro outside tools for use in projects. - Recommendations from presenter:
 * Animoto
 * Blabberize
 * CircaVie
 * Comiqs
 * Empressr
 * Google Doc
 * JayCut
 * One True Media
 * Slideroll
 * Slideshare
 * Splashcast Media
 * Thumbstacks
 * Toufee
 * Voicethread
 * Zoho
 * Scrapblog
 * Museum Box

Warning: Two kids cannot edit the same wiki page at the same time or data is lost.

Use the Discussion tab to review/blog about student projects. Also use the Discussion tab to have students report in about progress on project.

Recommended for teachers learning about web 2.0 http://mu-web20-workshop.wikispaces.com/

Set guidelines for discussions and parameters for project.

Rubrics used for assessment. Presenter shares that the rubric she used was very similar to the rubric she would have used for projects that weren't tech related.

Be careful about copyright issues when looking for images/content. []