1. Go-SAK into the 21 st Century!

2. “the gardener’s approach to learning” -David Warlick What is a wiki???

3. Why?

4. “the literacy engine ” Read Write Think Cycle

5. Some examples of how wikis are being used with students & staff Use a wiki as a home page. This will allow students to link to the sites that you want them to access during the computer lab time. http://computerdude.pbworks.com/FrontPage http://computerdude.pbworks.com/FrontPage Parents sign up for conferences. Put up chart with days and times. Susan Tilton (Oak Grove) http://petravicz.wikispaces.com/ http://petravicz.wikispaces.com/ Staff Development -Teachers given word to define on wiki. Used for a magnet school with complicated theme. Will get teachers experience with wikis and gives good information. Emily DeLucca (Conn) http://connes.wikispaces.com/ http://connes.wikispaces.com/

6. School Garden-Students in grades 2-5 post observations and discoveries of things they see in the garden. They take digital pictures or draw pictures using kid pix to clarify their obsevations. Each grade level observes different things according to their curriculum. The site has become a cummulative place of science content. Megan Poole (Turner Creek) http://tce-utotes.pbwiki.com/http://tce-utotes.pbwiki.com/ Lit-Arts-Tech is a site devoted to connecting literature to the Arts via technology. There are books suggested with specific art activities and links to the tool or description of the activity. Linda Hunter - Heritage Elementary http://lit-arts-tech.wikispaces.com/http://lit-arts-tech.wikispaces.com/

7. Others... 5 th grade: http://mrboyersclass.pbworks.com/ http://mrboyersclass.pbworks.com/ GHE portal http://destiny.wcpss.nethttp://destiny.wcpss.net

8. HOW???

9. Wake County has approved two wikis for use in our classrooms. http://pbworks.com/ & http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://pbworks.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/

10. Advantages

11. Cool tools for teachers http://delicious.com/ www.diigo.com/