Well, it's the first day introducing the wiki to the kids and they are EATING IT UP. They love being able to see their work online (published) as well as see their friends' work from other classes. They were very engaged (as engaged as 8th grade gets??) while doing a bit of a exploring and note-taking on how to use the site.
A very steep learning curve occured during my first block when two kids got ahead of themselves and began editing my homepage. It was actually VERY funny and a nice illustration of how everyone can see the history on every page of the site. The kids were a little embarrassed...good thing they didn't write anything inappropriate!!
High's from the day:
- One kid telling me that this was so cool that he wanted to make one. I asked him what for and he said that he didn't know but he'd find something
- Kids posting compliments on work done by peers that they typically wouldn't interact with in class too much
- A student asking me if I would put up a page for myself so they could look at my writing (Yes, I intend to do this)
- All of their "ah-ha" moments of what a wiki is and what wikipedia is (why it's unreliable for research but okay for the occasional "google")
- A student putting up a piece she wrote for Social Studies (Yay for interdisciplinary!)
Low's from the day:
- A student asking me if she "had to" put her work up
- Not being able to figure out how to block students from being able to manage the wiki (still working on this one)
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