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=**WAYS TO USE A WIKI**=

Students

 * Create a wiki that would be used as a presentation tool covering certain assigned material.
 * Create a wiki to share ideas about a certain issue such as bullying, peer pressure, or drugs
 * Students can share pieces of work with others to view in classroom and with parents
 * Brainstorm ideas for team project
 * Use as a sign up sheet for report ideas, field day activities, etc.
 * National Honor Society Group Service Project - use for brainstorming ideas and checklists for implementation of project
 * completing lessons where collaboration is necessary
 * For better cultural understanding, students could share their family's ways of preparing for special occasions or celebrating different things and compare them to practices in other cultures they read and learn about.
 * In preparation for students to create a brochure, have them come up with a list of charitable organizations in which they would be interested in getting involved
 * Create a term project with reference links, sounds, movies and pictures
 * Student take a list of books nominated for the Newbery Medal, select a book to read, post a summary and based on all the posts recommend a winner
 * Making A Difference ...post acts of kindness, respect, etc. that students have made to the class and/or school that make a difference in promoting a positive, safe, friendly learning environment
 * Write a story with a small group of children.
 * Book Reviews/Recommendations
 * Brainstorm ideas for a brochure for technical writingsuch as an owners manual for a fictional item they invent
 * Students could create a chapter summary page on a specific required reading book posting after each chapter
 * Students in organizations like Brownies, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, etc., are able to sign up for meetings as leaders along with the themes for that meetings so they are not duplicated.
 * Students can create a list of school improvement ideas (e.g., ways to improve the play ground, improve cafeteria)
 * Student run class website that includes activities, homework, important books, resources, etc.
 * Keep a classroom calendar. Could include important due dates, kids' birthdays, marking periodinformation, etc.
 * Combine a class listing of family traditions
 * Students can write character descriptions of the characters they are reading about.
 * Students can share their poetry and offer ideas to each other.
 * Student book club during the summer
 * Students could write one positive thing about a particular student.
 * Create a digital portfolio.
 * Mapping Latin America - students can label and drar physical features on the map.
 * Debate a topic you are studying.
 * Keep a class scrapbook.
 * Create a virtual tour of place the class is studying.
 * Students can keep in touch during the summer time.
 * Students can make a list of things that worked for them and things that didn't work for them during the projects.
 * Students can insert graphic organizers and semantic maps to study during the finals.
 * Students can create a group poem together based on a specific predetermined theme or graphic image.
 * Students can read and write responses to writing prompts and peer edit the writings.
 * Create a chart on the story elements of a particular story wherein everyone can contribute and share
 * Students can create a "student" website.
 * Create a school wiki with all of the necessary forms, calendar, info, updates, classrooms, etc.
 * Start a senior website with highlights and suggestions for the senior class
 * Maintain a folder of student writing to create an on-line portfolio.
 * Teacher can start a story and tell the students to finish the story.
 * Ask students to create an FAQ for their community, then pass it on to your next group of students.
 * Students can share review notes and other helpful pieces of information on your classroom’s wiki.
 * Create a digital newspaper for the school
 * Generate a list of instructions for a given assignment whether computer generated or hand-written
 * Students can have online test/quiz reviews with their peers.
 * Students can create a character profile from the time period we are studying.
 * Collaborating with a group on a class project...even like literature circle dicussions!
 * Students could create a reading strategies page. After they read an article they could include an example of a reading strategy they used when reading
 * Students could collaborate with students in a different region of the United States or another country to compare and graph weather

Teachers
> Can have staff meetings online vs. before or after school.
 * Build a collaborative meeting agenda
 * Keep a list of successful teaching ideas to inspire other teachers, both new and seasoned.
 * Field Trip or Study Trip List--A list of activities to do on a trip and the supplies to bring.
 * Assembling an online community, and managing a traditional website.
 * How to be a good sub
 * Collaborate on unit planning including what was successful and what may need tweaking
 * Post daily assignments for absent students (and students/teacher could answer questions)
 * Post resources to help students and parents who need extra help or tutoringtype of help.
 * Work in professional learning communities.
 * Staff meeting topics and school wide communications
 * Participate in feedback on school improvement goals, school mission/vision statements updates/revisions
 * Develop common assessment for grade level or subject/content
 * Curriculum mapping
 * Instructional goal list for individual students
 * Professional Book Clubs (I LIKE THIS IDEA!)( http://www.bighouselibrary.com/book-club.html excellent example)
 * Department meeting updates and ideas to share with in the department.
 * Keep track of all the things you want to do NEXT YEAR. Great idea!!!
 * Share resources from conferences.
 * Share positive behavior plans that work in your classroom
 * Veteran teachers can help the new teachers and give them advice and also share links.
 * Important notices can be posted on the wikis for the students and also the parents.
 * Weekly newsletters can be posted on the wikis.
 * Establish a time schedule for 12th graders to utilize the computer lab for filling out on-line college applications.
 * Weekly sign-up for computer labs/ancillary rooms
 * Sign up for assemblies
 * create a school-wide scavenger hunt!
 * Share comments, concerns, and grading between general ed, and special ed. teachers (who share certain students)
 * Cross curricular teching postings
 * Share strategies that are working in your class
 * Record interventions and their effects on struggling students to be used later by the child study team.
 * Share upcoming professional development opportunities
 * Teachers could use a wiki with parents to sign up for parent teacher conference time slots.
 * Allow students and parents to ask questions about upcoming topics/activities in the classroom.
 * As club leaders we can update meeting, practices, rehearsals etc. Also collaborate online about upcoming events.
 * Share subject area content when planning lessons.
 * As an overview of how online classes are taken, what is expected of the student, and what the student should expect.
 * Consolidate classroom materials into manageable folders
 * Keep a list of organizational ideas in the classroom that works for you...others can maybe try it out if something they are doing isn't working for them.
 * Use a wiki to give feedback to a committee that all staff members are not a part of
 * Keep an ongoing list of helpful websites
 * List various teaching accommodations that will assist special education students in various classroom settings.
 * Create a list of careers and the steps needed to accomplish them.
 * Create a list of extra activities for students to do that they will comment on.

**Parents**

 * Sign up to furnish classroom or party supplies
 * Schedule conferences
 * Homework tips
 * volunteer in field trips
 * volunteer in classroom
 * See examples of good writing
 * Mom and Dad's club to organize all the activities they organize
 * Have a paperwork list for parents to turn in.
 * Keep a list of homework assignments to keep parents updated on assignments
 * Recommended book lists for students to read during the school year or over vacation.
 * Good Parenting/Child Raising tips.
 * Tips for getting your child to bed on time.
 * Sign up for Booster Club activities.
 * Parent Page to help parents turn everyday moments into teachable moments: a collaboration between parents and teachers
 * Have parents write about a childhood memory.
 * Have a summer parent book club on a wikki (good modeling for their children that have their own book club)
 * How to's on how to communicate with a teacher or school office
 * For special ed/ancillary - parents post information about therapies/doctors/specialists/anything they recommend for others
 * Parents can discuss the agendas for the PTO meetings.
 * They can also get involved closely with the teachers.
 * They can also provide suggestions in improving the school activities.
 * Parents could also make book recommendations for students.
 * Write ideas and comments on what they value in education. Also ask questions in a non-threatening manner.
 * Complete a parent survey regarding their child
 * Allow parents the opportunity to view and print course handouts
 * Create a document to record parent volunteer hours

District

 * Student Handbook (save on paper!)
 * Daily memos; Staff could add to it for class field trips etc. ( I Love this one!!!)
 * All information needed for classwide assignments in Flex (homeroom)
 * Provide weekly/monthly calendars of upcoming school events
 * Participate in feedback on district improvement goals, mission/vision statements updates/revisions
 * Develop common assessment for grade level or subject/content
 * Curriculum mapping
 * Student Announcements-archive older ones, add new ones every day.
 * Programs of Study-Add course descriptions, adjust the program each year as offerings are changed.
 * Make a "parking lot" (like those used in PLCs) where teachers can post questions and other teachers or administrators could respond,
 * Student and Teacher of the month can be posted on wikis.
 * New announcements,districts budgets, awards can be posted too.
 * Create a PLC around a shared book or reading for everyone to reflect and comment on across the organization
 * Send kudos to staff for doing ordinary, extraordinary things for the greater good of the school community.
 * Data gathering for demographic information/summer addresses
 * Brainstorm a list of family field trips (a half day/a day trip taken by the family on the weekends once or twice a month) that will enhance concepts taught in the classroom
 * Forms (i.e. student change of address, parent permission slip for field trips, in case it is lost) could be uploaded
 * Parent newsletters