Homework Week 1

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Homework Week One: June 22-26

How to set up your wiki:

Wiki Structure
What lesson plans to wikify and how
Upload files - like your syllabus- and make it accessible from the front page
Important features used for this course
- Folders
- Tagging
Beginner tips from our Mentors!

Instructions:

Create a page, title it 'NAME, Homework Week 1' (How do I do this?)
Tag your page with "Elementary, Middle, High, University, or Library" (How do I do this?)
Put your homework folder in the Week 1 Homework folder
Upload a file to your Summer Camp wiki and link to it on your homework page. (How do I upload a file? and How do I link my page with a file)
1. Make sure that any files you upload have a unique file name that you can easily identify. We suggest that you follow the naming convention lastname_filename.extension (e.g., hickson_resume.doc).
Answer the questions below -- only answer the one for your grade level.
Ask or answer a discussion question on our educator discussion board
1. PLEASE NOTE: How to questions are confined to the Summer Camp FAQ page, please use the Forum for discussion
Link your homework page to your camp roster and comment on other's work.

Due: June 26th

Register for this week's webinar on June 23rd at 10:00PST: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/497735667

District Wide: answer these questions.

Bullitt Central PRIDE Academy - http://cougarpride.pbwiki.com/

(This wiki is created and run by Angela Cunningham. She is a great resource to learn more about a site for your district)

Is this a resource for students or parents?
How is the information on this site different from the information on the general site for Bullitt County Schools?
How is the workspace organized? Is it easy to find what you're looking for?

Coal Point Public School - http://coalpointpublic.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

What information did they provide that parents are looking for? (Note specifically this section of the site)
How is this workspace "branded" to look like a Coal Point public school site?

How is the information on a wiki unlike the information that is posted on your official school site?

Baltimore County Public School - http://bcps23things.pbworks.com/

Baltimore County rolled out to 103,643 students and 8,850 classroom teachers. Here is the site they are using to train educators on PBworks.

How did Baltimore county start to get their teachers involved on a PBworks? (Hint: It's on this page)
What format does this tutorial take, would other educators at your school be able to follow this?
How do they suggest creating an online presence? Can you do this on your PBworks profile?
How did they organize the information on this site?

Elementary school: answer these questions

The following workspaces provide various examples of how to use a wiki with young students. Some of the workspaces are for just one project while others are for the entire year.

http://vippoets.pbwiki.com/

What important conversation did Mrs. K have with her young students?
How did Mrs. K's students interact with eachother on the workspace?
How did her students react to this workspace (note the comment section).
How is this space organized? Is there a better way to organize this information?

http://harperallenteam.pbwiki.com/

How did this wiki welcome visitors from around the world?
What are three of the digital media forms that you found on this wiki?

http://mrboyersclass.pbworks.com/ -- This teacher is a former Summer Camper! Look for his certified educator badge!

Is this site instructional or collaborative?
How were students encouraged to participate (hint: look at the 'navigator' to see what folders there are).
How is this sidebar exceptional?

Middle School: answer these questions.

http://iaspace.pbwiki.com/FrontPage - This space was created by a former mentor and features one of my favorite projects of all time!

What is the purpose of this workspace? What project will students complete on this workspace?
How did they incorporate research and collaboration? (Please note the use of footnotes, an important PBworks plugin)
Were the directions clear for students?
How could you better organize this space?

http://jepsonroom13.pbworks.com/FrontPage - Danesa is former summer campers and a mentor for middle school campers. Turn to her for advice!

How did Mrs. J get her students involved on the workspace?
Is this space instructional or collaborative?
What important class information does Mrs. J post to her wiki. Does this help parents, students or both?

http://eagleswrite.pbworks.com/ - Sheri is a former summer camper and mentor of middle school campers. Turn to her for advice!

Is this site collaborative or instructional?
How are students collaborating, or supporting each other's work?
How is this site structured so you can find what you're looking for?

(Hint: Please look in the PDS folder to see student work)

High School: answer these questions.

http://powerofone.pbwiki.com/

How did this teacher integrate a wiki with her research project?
How did this teacher organize the site? Can you think of a better way to clearly group pages?
Look at the page history for the student research papers, can you see how often each page was edited?
How would you grade the student work on this site? (IE: "I would consider the final product, the level of activity, how often students commented on each others work...")

http://cappello.pbwiki.com/

How is this wiki different from a collaborative wiki? What purpose does this site serve?
Why is this wiki useful to students?
How did this teacher outline his homework assignents and make them accessible to his students?

http://grantlabstudents.pbworks.com/

Can you find instructions to the current event project? What were students asked to do?
Do you notice that the student pages have a standardized set of information? How did this happen ;)
Is this a collaborative workspace or a way to share information from the teacher to the student?
How would you grade the student work on this site? (IE: "I would consider the final product, the level of activity, how often students commented on each others work...")
How did this teacher use security contols to limit the students exposure? (Hint: Why can't you see this set of pages?!)

University wiki: answer these questions.

The following workspaces provide various examples of how to use a wiki in a university setting.

Depaul University Example - http://pm440.pbworks.com/ - Project Management 440 wiki

If you were a student, would you know how to interact on this site? Are there clear directions and resources to help you get started?
How is this workspace organized? Is there a better way to group information and make it more clear for students on the workspace?
What did the professor do to make this site engaging and specific to DePaul and the class?

http://pm440.pbworks.com/Cloud-Computing -- This is a team project page on the workspace.

What is this team doing to organize their group project?
How is this team tracking deliverables and decisions?
If you were grading this team by participation on the workspace, how you would you grade the team of 5 people. (Hint, look in the page history for all the pages that the team has linked to.)

Stanford University School of Education Example - http://learningspaces2008.pbwiki.com/

What is a sandbox and why is it a good idea?
How did this professor centralize their course schedule, and assignments?
Can you find the student bios? Why is having student introduce themselves a good idea?

Otis College of Arts and Design - http://english202multiverse.pbwiki.com/

Please try to locate: Course Syllabus, assignments, office hours, course description, directions for the workspace and contact information. -- Was it easy to find?
As a student going to this wiki, do you know what to do?
Check out the chat box! We're going to learn how to implement this next week :)

Library: answer these questions.

http://aklibraryhandbook.pbworks.com/

http://flrlwiki.pbworks.com/

http://prhslibrary.pbwiki.com/

What role do these wikis play for their constituents?
How is it structured to make information easily discoverable?

What additional technologies are these librarians using to reach out to their community?
How might a library patron interact with the library wiki?

http://fresnoys.pbworks.com/

Who is this wiki for?
How is the staff at the fresno library working together on this workspace?
What fun challenges are offered on this site? (This is a good way to keep people coming back to your workspace, and keep people involved in the beginning)

http://aclayouthservices.pbworks.com/

Who is the Allegheny County Library reaching out to?
What information are they providing on the wiki that wouldn't be on their website?

http://booksforchildren.pbworks.com/

How is Lisa involving the community on her wiki?

ESL: answer these questions

ESL has it's own unique set of needs, but also corresponds to the age of the student you're teaching. Please respond to the questions related the grade level you work with. Here are a few additional questions for you :)

http://mccesl.pbworks.com/

http://englishlessons.pbworks.com/Student-Journals

How are students encouraged to participate on the workspace?
What tools did the students use to record their voices and post them on the workspace?
How did video and images help students learn english?

Technologists: answer these questions

Many of you are a resource for teachers who want to implement new technology in their class. Please respond to the questions related to the grade level you work with. Also, here are a few additional questions for you! :)

http://www.tbyresources.pbworks.com - This workspace is from Shayne Train, a mentor for Summer camp. She's a great resource for you to turn to! Her computer class wiki is http://tbycomputers.pbworks.com/FrontPage

http://thinkingmachine.pbworks.com/

What information do you routinely need to provide to your school community ?
Of that information, what would lend itself to being documented on a wiki?
Using the two examples above, how would you go about organizing information into useful categories?