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=Welcome to Sean Krim's Wiki Page=

This Wiki Page was designed for a graduate class I am taking. This is my first experience with a Wiki Page and I am slowly learning the things that I can do on here.

I think using a Wiki Page in school could be a positive thing. If students were working in groups they could use a Wiki page to post topics and information on the page for all students to use and edit. Being a middle school teacher I know its hard for 12 and 13 year old students to get around to work in groups outside of school. It also could be used for teachers to post problems and have students or groups of students post ideas and thoughts on how to solve problems. I think another idea that would be good would be to have a classroom Wiki Page where students can constantly update. Different assignments could be given to different students on a bi-weekl basis to keep the page up to date.
 * Students in School Using Wikipedia - 5/27/2010**

I do hear about students using Wiki Pages for references when doing research projects could definitly be a problem considering anyone can edit the information on any page. Students need to know the difference from a secure page with solid information as compared to a page that anyone can edit.

I think that I would be able to incorporate a blog by posting problems of the week up on the blog at the beginning of each week. Students could log on, check out the question, share ideas and then turned in the solved question in at the end of the week for extra credit. I couldn't make it mandatory because of the chance of not every student not having internet access at home..
 * Ideas of Lessons to be Used with Blogs and/or Wiki Pages - 5/27/2010**

I think a Wiki Page would be great for students to complete group projects, or for the group project be to create a Wiki Page. This way all students could work and add ideas and you can see which students posted what ideas and not that one students created the entire thing.

I also think a Wiki Page could be a great spot for students to complete a research paper. As the students complete each step of a research paper they could post it online for the teacher to monitor the progress. The teacher could then add ideas and comments to the page for the students to get feedback during the process of their paper.


 * Educational Theorist Presentation - May 30, 2010 -Robert J. Marzano**

- **Google Docs** After exploring the google docs and everything that google docs can do, I think a great lesson would be to have the students use google maps to make a map of their neighborhood. The students would then have to choose 5 locations on their map and find the distances from their house to each of the 5 points. I would also have them figure out the time it would take them to get from their house to each point on the map, walking different speeds and going different ways.
 * Lesson/Activities Using Google Docs - June 3, 2010**

- **Google Earth** With the curriculum that I use, I don't see many ways to incorporate Google Earth to many, if any of my lessons. I find it very interested and think if I taught science or social studies it could be an extraordinary tool to use. I know recently the 7th grade at my school just finished and integrated unit for our field trip to Ellis Island and this was used as part of the english section. Each student was assigned a role of an immigrant from a different country and the students went on Google Earth to check out the country that their assigned immigrant was from. The students enjoyed using Google Earth and the activity was successful.

I think if used correctly, podcasts could be a very effective tool to use in the classroom. If I were to create a podcasts for the classroom, I think I would like to record certain lessons that I know students have struggled with in the past so they were easibly to be able to review them on a need to basis. In the podcasts that I viewed I found many interesting things. Many start with music or some type of attention getter, which is always a good idea. The podcasts were interesting and made me want to continue to watch. Podcasts can be a great way for students to review and see material on their own time.
 * Uses of Podcasts in the Classroom - June 13, 2010**


 * Delicious Link - June 17, 2010** []