4th and 5th GradesLincoln Elementary

August 5, 2009

By Marilyn Whatley

http://wikiwhatley4th.wikispaces.com/Spelling

http://wikiwonderful.wikispaces.com/Book+chat

To Store and Communicate Information

To allow students to respond to and edit each others’ work.

Wiki page used to store spelling lessonInformation.

Wiki page used for student response.

Let’s look at an example of an elementary wiki that uses different types of pages:

http://wikiwonderful.wikispaces.com

Marilyn: use notes here!

Wiki page for a calendar.

Students created their own rules for their class wiki.

A wiki page used as aphotograph gallery.

Wiki page hosting a class “book chat”.

If two or more members are trying to edit the same page at the same time, one or more of their edits may be overwritten and may not appear on the page. (suggestion: a station might work better than in the lab)

Go to http://wikispaces.com or just log out of the wiki we were on.

Click here

If you have one with ads, do this!

Protected is what most use. Private means grandparents and other educators can’t see it.

When you get to your new wiki, you will be on your home page. You will already be logged in so you are ready to edit that page. You can read the intro or x out and follow the next directions.

Click on “edit page” and type in anintroduction. It doesn’t have to be perfect because you can always edit it later! Be sure to “save”.

Add a picture to your Home page!

Click “edit page” again.

Click on thesun/mountain add images/photo button.

Click on “upload files”, click “browse”, choose LES s drive, “Whatley” “inservice” and double click on your photo. Click“upload”.

When your photo appears,double click on it and it will be added to your page.

You will get an image property box that allows you to make changes to your photo. “SAVE”

Time to make a “new page”!

Click on “new page” under the wikilogo on the top left.

Name it:

My Favorite Thing About Third (or Fourth) Grade

Click “create”.

Tags are labels to help people find yourpages. You don’t have to have them.

Your new page is ready to edit. Let’s add the prompt:

Last year I was in (3rd/4th) grade. My favorite thing about (3rd/4th)grade was…

Use the toolbar to change fonts, size, color, etc. just like you would in a document.

“save”

Time to add students as members!

Click on “manage wiki”.

Click on “user creator”

Manage wiki

User Creator

hendrix2009,hendrix2009

Keep a list of the usernames andpasswords.

Your students are now ready to sign in and be

able to edit and respond to prompts and/or

questions on the wiki pages you choose.

What about locking the pagesyou don’t want students to be able to change?

Click on “manage wiki”, click on “pages”, click actions” of the page you wish to LOCK, and click “lock”. Do the same to “unlock”.

Do you want an easy way to share pages with co-workers?Make it easy on yourselves by dividing up the information you want on your wikis, then just copy and paste each other’s info to save time.Let’s try it!

Go back to wikiwhatleytoo.

Click on:

“Supply Lists for 4th and 5th

Grades” in the menu

Highlight the list you want, right click your mouse, “copy”. You do not click edit to copy someone’s page!

Go to your wiki, click “new page”, type in title (Supply List), click “create”, right click on page, and “paste”.

You have a completed page that easy!

Adding links to other sites:

On your wiki, click on “new page” and label it (Math Websites), click “create”

Type:

http://www.nlvm.usu.edu “save”

More Math Links:

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsmulti.html great mult. fact practice (timed)http://www.mathsisfun.com/

If you typed the complete correct address, the link will automatically be created.

Try the link or links by clicking on them.

Go to : http://www.primarygames.

com

Want to make your wiki sparkle and shine?

Type“Supply

List” in the“glitter text” box.

Copy the code

Return to your wiki Go to the “Supply List” page Click “edit” and click on the top of the page

Click on the “embed widget” (looks like a blue television)

Go to the bottom to click on “Other HTML”

Right click in the white box and select “Paste” Save- You now have “Glitter Text”!

Let’s personalize your wiki’s logo!

Go to:http://www.school-clip-art.com/school_clipart.shtml

Choose a picture, right click,

“save picture as”.

Save to “my pictures”.

Open your wiki, “manage wiki”, “look and feel”, scroll down to Logo, “browse”, double click on your picture, and “save”.

You can change the layout and color scheme of your wiki on this same “look and feel” page.

Experiment with different ones!

Go to

http://freefever.com/animatedgifs/

Open the page you want your animated pic on

Click on “edit” Click on the page where you want to place the animation

Click on the “insert images and files” (looks like a sun and mountains)

Click on “upload files” “browse” choose My Pictures, double click on the animation, “upload”, when it shows up-double click on it!

This afternoon, you can spend some time adding new pages to your wiki.

Here are some ideas:

Photo galleries, writing prompts such as “Questions of the Day”,Spelling lists, Vocabulary lists,Study Guides for Science andSoc. Studies, Math Questions for students to respond to,Student Project Showcases, etc.

More ideas:

http://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com

http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com

http://thelenlearningteam.wikispaces.com/ 5th grade wiki

http://schill.wikispaces.com

http://wikiwhatley4th.wikispaces.com check out more coworkers’ wikis on les.tcboe.org for ideas

Part 2: How to facilitate student use of multi media to make a presentation for science or social studies.One idea for this is usingVOICETHREADS

http://voicethread.com/#home.b409.i848804

“How To…” video

Go to www.voicethread.com

Click on the green K-12 area.

K-12 PricingOptions & Features

ClassSubscription

ProEducator

FreeEducator

Create student accounts(email optional)

Yes, up to 100 no no

Custom Ed.VoiceThread web address for publishing work

Yes no no

View/Edit/Delete student work

Yes no no

Manage students Yes no noWork in accountable K-12 environment, Ed.VoiceThread

Yes Yes no

Create Groups Yes Yes no

Archival Exports30/year or 3/month

3 no

Storage10 GB + 400 MB/student

10 GB 2 GB

VoiceThreadsUnlimited + 15/student

Unlimited Unlimited

Cost$60/year or $10/month

$10 one time

Free

 

Notice what is available for teachers for free.

Help Manual: Getting Started in the ClassroomA guide to basic options for student participation and use of VoiceThread. (3pp, PDF, 978 KB)                                               

schoolMinimum o...

K-12 PricingOptions & Features

ClassSubscription

ProEducator

FreeEducator

Create student accounts(email optional)

Yes, up to 100 no no

Custom Ed.VoiceThread web address for publishing work

Yes no no

View/Edit/Delete student work

Yes no no

Manage students Yes no noWork in accountable K-12 environment, Ed.VoiceThread

Yes Yes no

Create Groups Yes Yes no

Archival Exports30/year or 3/month

3 no

Storage10 GB + 400 MB/student

10 GB 2 GB

VoiceThreadsUnlimited + 15/student

Unlimited Unlimited

Cost$60/year or $10/month

$10 one time

Free

 

Help Manual: Getting Started in the ClassroomA guide to basic options for student participation and use of VoiceThread. (3pp, PDF, 978 KB)                                               

Click on GettingStarted in the Classroom

schoolMinimum o...

Have your students work under your Educator account using our Identities feature. Make sureyou fully understand how it works and directly supervise your students when they are loggedin under your account. Review the Identities description on the next page for complete details.

We’ll use option 2 (because it’s free!)

http://ed.voicethread.com/share/240771/

Here’s how to create student identities:

http://ed.voicethread.com/pricing/k12/

Go back to the pricing page

and register for a free account.

http://ed.voicethread.com/share/308555/

You can search through others’ voicethreads for ideas. When I typed in 4th grade I found:

http://voicethread.com/share/319717/

and for 5th grade I found:

Time to create a voicethread that you can use with your students!

(5th Grade- Science: Body Systems)

(4th Grade- Alabama History Symbols: Did You Know?)

“Computer”“Vol 2 (S drive)”, “Whatley”,“Inservice” folder,Body Systems folder orAlabama History folder

Double click on the photos in the order you want them.

Click on avatar icon. Upload yourphoto from the S drive.(whatley, inservice, teacher pics)Choose how to comment.Record your part for that page.Save or cancel and redo.Click right arrow to go to next screen. Continue, until you are finished.

To place your voicethread on your wiki, follow these steps:

Click “embed”Click “copy code”Click “done”Open your wiki“New Page” called Voicethread

“Edit Page”Click on “Embed Widget” (it looks like a blue tv)Click “other HTML”Right click in the white box and “paste”“Save”Your students can add to your comments on each picture or add more pictures!

Congratulations!

You survived theWiki inservice!!!!