Classroom+Wikis



The Rockledge Library Media Wiki for students to comment and vote on Black Eyed Susan Books.

Please click on the link below. http://rockledge-library-media.wikispaces.com/

For more resources and support of information about the Black Eyed Susan Awards go to Teaching Books. There you will find information about the authors, the books, and video and audio links.

Please click the link below for a complete list of resources including the following widget links. http://www.teachingbooks.net/quicksearch.cgi?id=37

Widget Links for: video []media type="custom" key="3272092" written interview [] audio []media type="custom" key="3272332" written interview []
 * Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach** by Carmen Agra Deedy
 * Witch Catcher** by Mary Downing Hahn
 * Across the Alley** by Richard Michelson
 * Scardy Squirrel** by Melanie Watt

//__Teacher Technology Standards__ II. Communication A. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically B. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction//

__Description of Project__ Students, PK-Grade 5 will be accessing this wiki to comment on the 2008-2009 Black Eyed Susan Nominees. They will persuade others to look at a favorite book, favorite illustration, how the book makes them feel, and why others should vote for the book.

//__Reflection__// As of 2/26/2009, I have completed the Rockledge Library Media Wiki and the classroom wiki page. I am anxious to see how students interact with the discussion board. I am hoping I don't see a lot of it is "good" or "nice." I will be modeling how to interact with the wiki and monitoring student entries regularly. I will adjust directions and rules as I see how this process works. As of 5/24/2009, this Black Eyed Susan Page is done. I added students in, but I found that either the next time I tried to sign in, I was now the student and not me or that I couldn't get the student signed in at all and all comments went under my name. This was frustrating for me. I had student commenters from Third and Fourth Grades. The same students came back over and over to comments. I did not have as big a group as I had imagined that I would have had at the start of the project. The majority of the books have no comments on them. However, every student at the school voted on his/her favorite picture book and only six students met the criteria for voting for the novels. In the final school vote, __Scardy Squirrel__ won for picture book and __No Talking__ won by one vote. This was how the students across Maryland voted as well.