Monday, April 9, 2007
Using Wikis In A Different Way
As we approach the end of the school year, I am trying to still keep my students engaged. My next unit for my seventh grade English class is on creative writing. I thought it might be interesting to look at examples of wikis that are dedicated to creative writing or that might inspire creative writing. I found this interesting wiki after looking at webenglishteacher.com. The Memoryarchive is an interesting wiki that is dedicated to sharing memories. This is the page in the wiki that provides information for teachers and students. http://www.memoryarchive.org/en/For_Teachers_and_Students I think this would be a great wiki to use for students to write a creative writing piece on one of their memories or to interview a family member and write about their memory. The students could then publish their writings on the Memoryarchive wiki, which I think would give them ownership over their writing, since they would be publishing it on the Internet. I think this is an interesting way to integrate wikis into my classroom, that is different and less time consuming than creating my own class wiki. \
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Megan,
That seems like a great website. But I was wondering how they can maintain authenticity? I created an account and all it needed was my email address (which anyone can fake). Also there is no way to edit someone else's memoir (which is a good thing but what if someone wrote a false memoir that actually hurt other person's reputation?). There might be other ways around it but I could not find it. Still, it seems like a great idea to gather and store all those ideas/facts.
What a creative website with lots of potential in education. I enjoyed reading a few of them and thought how this could be a great way to introduce creative writing or critique someone else’s writing. What my student’s would think is so neat is that someone will edit the memoir for you (bless their heart). I think we are beginning to see the evolution of the definition of a wiki as illustrated in this site - as well.
Cool website. I do think this is a great way to get reluctant student motivated to do some creative writing. They could even explore the difference between writing a bio, and doing a creative writing assignment about a person. Usually getting studens to do creative writing assignments is difficult. I think this is a good plan. I would try to find ways to protect identities if possible.
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