Teacher uses Wiki
There is a K-1 teacher at my school using a wiki for the first time this year. She attended training I gave earlier this year on using PBwiki. Her wiki is called The Gingerbreadman Adventures. Here’s what she says about the experience when asked if it helped her Home-School Connection:
“I am able to personally manage a wiki and use it to communicate what students are learning in class. Parents and students can access it from home. I am able to include a lot more information than a weekly or monthly newsletter could communicate, and it can be updated quickly.
I am able to post “Good Work” made by my students on the wiki to share with students’ family members. Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, and Uncles can access the wiki to see what their loved one is doing during the school day.
Family members can offer positive encouragement to their students by posting comments on the wiki. Students use technology skills modeled in
school to access the wiki, and navigate to their own personal mailbox of comments.
The wiki also serves as an “extrinsic motivator” for my students. It is a healthy, tangible reward for good behavior, effort, or completed work.
Students can access their comments and check the progress of our project when they have completed their daily work successfully. This replaces sticker charts, candy, and junk toys that a lot of students work for. It also gives them extra time using technology on an educational site. “
