A wired success story featuring Tim Lauer
Kudos to Tim! The December/January issue of the Connected Newsletter from Classroom Connect features a wired success story featuring Tim Lauer of Meriwether Lewis Elementary School. He is interviewed about his school’s use of Instiki software.
Listen to his explanation of how the wiki software works:
This lets them see their teacher’s laptop computer. It acts like a
server. Rendezvous takes them right into their wiki page on the
teacher’s laptop. The kids find their names, click the edit button, and
write. Then they update or save, and it’s saved on their teacher’s
laptop.
That
night at home, the teacher can go through the browser, open each
student’s work, and type comments underneath their work. At school the
next day, the students can click on their wiki page and see the
comments that the teacher has writtten. It’s really simple.
Also,
the wiki saves every version a kid has done. The teacher can go back in
time and see if words were cut. The deleted words will be struck out
and if words are added, they will be highlighted.
How cool is this. The teacher can just open her laptop and run the
wiki. It’s great to see him recognized in the newsletter. I looked but
I don’t believe there is a copy online. Tim does so many good things at
his school and still finds the time to share some of the best and most
useful possiblities for the instructional use of technology.
I always look forward to reading his blog, Education/Technology! And one of these days I AM going to learn how to use photographs the way he does. I love the design of his blogs!
November 16th, 2005 at 9:45 am
Hi Anne
Is there a good site for learning exactly what a wiki is and how it can be used for education? I’m working on a staff development piece, but am having a difficult time wrapping my arms around the topic. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks
November 16th, 2005 at 12:12 pm
Hi Lynn,
Check out PBWiki at http://pbwiki.com/
Check out the “What’s a wiki?” link and the FAQ.
It is an easy way to start.
November 17th, 2005 at 9:02 am
Hi Anne:
I am a graduate student trying to gain some insight into blogs and how they are being used in the classroom. Would you consider taking a short survey on the subject? I am including the link in this posting. I am willing to share my findings if you are interested, although this far finding teachers willing share information with me has been a challenge.
Thank you,
Christian
November 17th, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Hi Christian,
I have taken the survey and will also post and ask others to take it. Thanks for providing the results for us!