Which brings me back to what was discussed in my integration of technology and literacy class. During the discussion the idea was brought up to have the students create a wiki with each student responsible for a the initial creation of a page. Then they would be assigned to go through and add to the pages created by their classmates. Immediately I thought, wow what an awesome way for the students to not only show their knowledge of content in science or social studies but work on their writing skills as well. Then when it's SOL time they have all the information they need to study right there on their wiki. Students are always being given boring study packets come SOL time. This would allow them to study and continue to learn. I know many students, and definitely one teacher, who could easily become lost in such an activity.
Becky, I have a text to self connection to your post. ;) You can look up my brother on Lostpedia. He was in three episode of the final season. Steve Boatright. I thought I would give your more opportunities for time suck activities, if you are interested. On a more professional note, I also like the idea for using student created wiki pages as study guides. I suppose if a school is serious about going "green", this would be a great alternative to the study packets. Although, teachers would have to carefully monitor the content.
ReplyDeleteBecky, your Lost title caught my attention. I too, have passed much time by wading through the Lost site reading what people thought might happen in future episodes and then going back to read their reactions posted after the episode had aired. I bet even the writers of the show read these.....and used the posted conjectures to help create new material!
ReplyDeleteYour thought of using a Wiki in the clasroom to have for SOL review is a great idea and might even help the students from feeling "Lost" at SOL time. I think that it would be important for the teacher to keep an eye on what the students post to ensure that it is accurate and complete and that nothing gets "Lost" or confused in transcription from their notes to the Wiki. Again, great idea and one that I may use in my classroom someday!