Tips and Tricks: Don’t miss a trick. We spend a lot of time with our wikis.
It’s something of an occupational hazard. So it makes sense that we’ve figured out a few techniques and shortcuts to make our work easier and better. Once a month, we like to share some of those tricks we’ve learned with you. Or just turn you on to some features that we think are cool and you might not have thought about using yet. But if you’re not specifically looking for a way to do some exact, specific thing, there’s a chance you might not catch one of these posts.
Think of this as a checklist. Tools and tricks for editing wiki pages Tools and tricks for managing wikis Tools and tricks for Wikispaces Private Label sites. Ask a Tech Teacher. This is the last in a series on classroom management through wikis.
Here are links for wikis I’ve created for grades K-5. This one is Fifth Grade: Click here to visit my fifth grade class wiki You can organize a classroom with blogs, internet start pages (click for more on internet start pages), wikis, even twitter (Click for more on twitter). Wikis are the most thorough. How fast do fifth graders get used to the click-clack of finding the wiki? A class wiki also helps me stay organized. Click here for more information on wikis. To sign up for Weekend Websites delivered to your email, click Weekend Websites here and leave your email. Follow me Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and author of two technology training books for middle school.
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The Top Posts Of Web20Classroom For 2011. Is it 2012 already? Another year has come and gone and like several of my good blogging friends have done I wanted to recap the Top 5 Posts from this year. I am sorta surprised at the mix but there are some, if I do say so myself, good posts. Quick List Of iPad Resources For The Classroom-This was my top post of the year. It contains several of my favorite sites and collections of using not just iPads but mobile devices in general in the classroom. Twitter In Schools-A Getting Started Guide-In this post I lay out things to consider when starting a class/school/district Twitter account. Twitter Series-A New Kind Of PD- Back at the beginning of this school year I did a series of posts related to using Twitter as an individual. Twitter Series-Super Secret Tips And Tricks- Another post from my Twitter series, in this one I give you everything you need to know to get more out of Twitter and to find more good information.
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