Hollie+Cotten


 * Hollie Cotten**


 * 1. How could a student use a Wiki site for the classroom?**

One way the students could use Wiki site for the classroom is to find current event articles and share them with the class using this method. There is a comments section, so the students could write a comment on the article, that way I know everyone has participated.I may try this with my students if I am lucky enough to teach a grade with ChromeBooks in LPS (and get a job with them!) To implement this idea, I would assign someone to do the warm up each day - the student's homework would be to find a current event article, create a Wiki site with their article and share the site with the class. The next day in class, the students can read the article as their warm up and write a comment.

The students could also create a Wiki site to present a research project. Again, if my students have ChromeBooks, the presenter can share their page with the class so the students can follow along on their computer while the information is presented.


 * 2. How can teachers use this site?**

In the instance that my students don't have their own computers, I can create a Wiki site for a lesson plan and reserve the computer lab for the day. The students will have to join the site and follow the instructions on the page. I will have them create their own page, and explore websites which the links will be provided for them, and answer questions related to the websites. This will be an alternative to doing Web Quests with a paper handout. The students have quite a bit of trouble typing in long, unfamiliar web addresses and I spend a lot of time doing that for the students; using this format for a Web Quest with the links provided will eliminate that issue.

I use quite a bit of websites in the classroom to share current events and videos with the students. a. [|National Geographic] - I use this website to share current event articles and short videos with the students. I project the website onto the screen, because the students do not have their own personal devices. I explain what the article or video is about, we then read the article or watch the video, then discuss how it relates to what we are studying.
 * 3. What sites am I using as a teacher? And how?**

b. [|PBS] - I used this website to play a video for the students called "How Smart Are Animals?" because we are studying animal behavior. We then discussed how intelligence is related to behavior.

c. The students are doing a Web Quest on Monday, and they will need to answer questions that highlight the important information relating to animal behavior. They will be using the following websites to further understand patterns of animal behavior: nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/ [|bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Venus_Flytrap#p004p9np] [|quia.com/mc/861702.html] [|quia.com/rr/344546.html] [|quia.com/mc/1558772.html] [|sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.asp?id=20]

d. The website I created for a past assignment on Weebly.com will be used in the classroom by the students for taking notes. I plan to create a study guide for the website to help the students navigate through the information.

e. I am working on creating a Web Quest for the next unit which is on Ecosystems. The three websites vary in reading levels. The students will be expected to explore the websites and answer the questions associated with each site. http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/what-is-an-ecosystem.html

http://enviropol.com/index.php/threats-to-ecosystems

http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwepecosystems.htm