Sarah,+Kelly,+Kristi's+Page

Sarah, Kelly, & Kristi's Group

1) Kelly: Web 2.0 is an interactive way for students and teachers to communicate. Kristi: Web 2.0 a way to share thoughts and ideas with different web applications. Sarah: Web 2.0 is a way to help students learn in a way that is fun and will keep the children focused and interested.

2) The wikispace that we found to be the most effective was one that covered all content areas and was for a 2nd grade class. This is a superb example because it is appealing to the eye so students will enjoy going to this website and doing the interactive activities found on this wikispace. There is a calendar that has events that are going to held at the school and up coming breaks where the students will have off. Also, this is a very organized wikispace because all of the subjects have their own tab on the side for the students to use as reference points. Also this wikispace has a little space for the children in the class to be able to write whatever is on their mind and can look at each others posts. Finally, one thing we found interesting about the wikispace is the clustrmap that shows where all the people around the world who are viewing their wikispace. URL: mrsibrahim.wikispaces.com

3) A collection of resources - a minimum of 3 links (it can also be articles, resources about wiki) - on educational use of wikis, that you can use in your own teaching later.

-http://www.ikiw.org/education/ -http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview -http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/wikis+in+education -http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/10-best-practices-for-using-wikis-in-education/ -Book: Using Wiki in Education edited by Stewart Mader Published in 2008

4) A presentation to the class on what you have accomplished, and how you accomplished it.