KR-Create+a+Class+Wiki

These are some answers to some of your questions.... I would suggest that you start out with a wiki on Wikispaces- Read through Creating a Wiki Use your Home Page for a "This is our class" page
 * Kathy Richardson-

Add ** ** a few twinklers from the "Dress up your Wiki" page Create a 'New Page' for the Reading around the Planet' **
 * ** Read through "Our City" Podcasts and perhaps try a podcast **
 * ** I might take a few photos of Farwell and your school- then add some student comments in text or audio **
 * Create a 'New Page' for the Olympics' **
 * ** Add some of the links for the NBC Olympic videos- **
 * ** Discuss the sport then try the 'Olympic math pages' **

Creating a Wiki- a Wiki that follows the steps to create itself created by Edgewood teachers
 * Go to Wiki basics for adding text, photos, objects etc.
 * Wiki basics: how to add a table:
 * Consider a table for all of your students (initials or first names)
 *  Each of your student initials (or first names) will link to a new page- their own page
 * You can embed or link student activities which they can use for practice
 * Go to Scholastic or Thinkfinity for some student activities
 * Locate the activity and copy the URL-
 * paste thatURL into your wiki (don't forget the activity name and your directions!)
 * Create a New Page for a class project (i.e. Read Around the Planet)
 * Tony Vincent imagined this Our City Podcast project [[image:OurCityHeaderColor.gif width="119" height="68" align="left" link="@http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/"]]
 * Listen to the Podcasts in the Podplayer (upper right area)
 * Go to "Teacher Resources" for his explanation of "How to Create a Podcast"
 * Go to Widget> Audio in the Wikispaces Text Editor box
 * Google has some gadgets that are podcast players
 * Consider the Olympics as a wiki page for your students-
 * Olympics themed math pages
 * NBC Videos for Classroom Viewing
 * National Geographic for Kids: Vancouver 2010