Coming to you from TCEA in Austin. As DS and I attend sessions this week, I’ll post the information I get, so it will almost be like you’re here with us!

Our first session this morning was called “Using Wikis to Create, Collaborate and Communicate. The presenters were a HS librarian and two teachers from Eanes ISD. They showed wikis that they had used for various class projects using pbwiki. The presentation materials are located at the Connected Libraries wiki. 

One wiki presented was for an AP Government class project on various governmental policies. The students used the wiki collaborate with each other to share resources on each policy. Take a look at it here.

Another wiki project highlighted was for an English class. This teacher used the Discussion feature of pbwiki to have students comment on and discuss each other’s writings. It can be found here. (Tip: You’ll have to login to see the comments.)

These are great ideas for using wikis and there are other examples on the Connected Libraries wiki. There are many ways these ideas could be adapted for use in our district. For example, I could see the 8th grade ICT classes using a wiki  similar to the AP Government to share resources for their class search project. What ideas do these projects give you? Please share in the comments.