Week 7 -wikis

Well I actually did this probably week 5 - I was anxious to try a wiki and I had an idea for my 5th grade class. It took a little bit of work but after a few problems, success! Last week I had the 5th graders try it out while working in pairs. For the most part, it worked fine, however, getting kids to read the entire directions (even as simple as they were) was a challenge. Repeatedly they were told, "read what it says." Once they got the idea that they really had to read the directions, they readily worked on the assignment. The link for the wiki is below:

http://leslab.pbwiki.com/

I will continue to use this wiki with other classes and will help teachers to incorporate wikis into their curriculum.