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20. Katie Paradee:
I have done a bit more research, specifically on how to use Wikis in an Elementary Classroom. I found the website http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992 which offers wiki sites, example wiki sites and tips for teachers when using technological tools such as wikis. I also found the site http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites079.shtml which is more of a site to educate teachers on how to use blogs and wikis in the classroom. There are some videos that explain, in basic language, what wikis are.
Kim Williams- I found a great article titled 5 Strategies fo Using Wikis in the Classroom by David R. Wetzel. In the article he states that wikis give students opportunities to colllaborate with other students, share what they have learned, and then become a centralized location of online resources for educators. His five startgeies are as follows:
1. collaborative projects 2. students demonstartion of knowledge, 3. online resource for classroom use, 4. wikis as a classroom webpage, 5. wiki filing cabinet for teachers to store files, images, videos, etc. I think that all of these ideas sound great.

13. Cara Davis-Here is a wiki I found that describes different ways to use a wiki in the classroom. I liked the ideas listed because they show you can apply use of a wiki to many different aspects in your classroom.
http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wiki_in_a_K-12_classroom
14.Marian Nihan
TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0.
I have to agree with TeachersFirst description from their home page. Easy to navigate and extremly practical for busy teachers!
From my database search, I found Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Teaching Assistive Technology Through Wikis and Embedded Video. This article describes a "virtual field experience" that was set up for pre-service teachers to be able to reflect on various technology available to special needs students in grades K-12 with the added bonus of being able to share those reflections with classmates. The wiki described in the article gave the pre-service teachers an opportunity to post YouTube and TeacherTube videos of special needs students using assistive technology that met the student's needs. Demonstrating that learning occurs when students of all ages have the opportunity to participate in a community, these pre-service teachers gained more knowledge about AT from the wiki than hands-on practice in the AT lab.
Dreon, O. Jr., Dietrich, N. (2009) Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Teaching Assistive Technology Through Wikis and Embedded Video. Tech Trends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, p. 78-81. Retrieved from ERIC database August 24, 2010.
20. IKatie Paradee:
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13. Cara Davis-Here is a wiki I found that describes different ways to use a wiki in the classroom. I liked the ideas listed because they show you can apply use of a wiki to many different aspects in your classroom.
http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wiki_in_a_K-12_classroom
14.Marian Nihan TeachersFirst
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http://www.teachersfirst.com/
15. Marian Nihan - Here's a great article by William Ferriter, a 6th grade teacher from North Carolina.
Ferriter, W. (2010). How Flat Is Your Classroom?. Educational Leadership, 67(7), 86-87. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database
Ferriter offers practical guidance for beginning a collaborative project with your class and others. He includes a list of digital clearinghouses that are designed to pair students from around the world. Says Ferriter "If you're interested in starting a global cooperation project, chances are good that there's a like-minded teacher in another country who'd be eager to collaborate."
16. Nicole Paris Kro: I found three great websites for educators and especially special education educators.
Website: KathyWebsite:Kathy Schrock’s Guide
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edles.html
Website: Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
http://www.wrightslaw.com/
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http://www.naset.org/
17. Laura Sarno: I found several great websites and articles related to Wikis and Web 2.0. They include How to Teach with Wikis by Hannah Hudson which I found via the Hatch Library's Academic Search Premier database, David Wetzel's 5 Strategies for Using Wikis in the Classroom http://www.suite101.com/content/5-strategies-for-using-wikis-in-the-classroom-a124331, a Web 2.0 Tutorial http://web2tutorial.wikispaces.com/, and a scholastic article called Web 2.0, Beyond Google http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753598&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.scholastic.com%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch%2F%3FNtx%3Dmode%2Bmatchallpartial%26_N%3Dfff%26Ntk%3DSCHL30_SI%26query%3DWeb%2B2.0%26N%3D0%26Ntt%3DWeb%2B2.0%22+class%3D%22endecaAll%22%3EAll+Results%3C%2Fa%3E
18. Jamie Ferguson: I found the website, http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+Education, that really is a blog but has a lot of good resources for using wikis in the classroom. It also has many links to examples of wikis. http://elementarywikis.pbworks.com/Examples-of-Elementary-Wikis also is a quick way to look at many examples of wikis and the different ways they are being used in classrooms.

Norma Marchesani: From
From my database
Dreon, O. Jr., Dietrich, N. (2009) Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Teaching Assistive Technology Through Wikis and Embedded Video. Tech Trends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, p. 78-81. Retrieved from ERIC database August 24, 2010.
20. I have done a bit more research, specifically on how to use Wikis in an Elementary Classroom. I found the website http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992 which offers wiki sites, example wiki sites and tips for teachers when using technological tools such as wikis. I also found the site http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites079.shtml which is more of a site to educate teachers on how to use blogs and wikis in the classroom. There are some videos that explain, in basic language, what wikis are.

18. Jamie Ferguson: I found the website, http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+Education, that really is a blog but has a lot of good resources for using wikis in the classroom. It also has many links to examples of wikis. http://elementarywikis.pbworks.com/Examples-of-Elementary-Wikis also is a quick way to look at many examples of wikis and the different ways they are being used in classrooms.

19. Norma Marchesani: From my database search, I found Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Teaching Assistive Technology Through Wikis and Embedded Video. This article describes a "virtual field experience" that was set up for pre-service teachers to be able to reflect on various technology available to special needs students in grades K-12 with the added bonus of being able to share those reflections with classmates. The wiki described in the article gave the pre-service teachers an opportunity to post YouTube and TeacherTube videos of special needs students using assistive technology that met the student's needs. Demonstrating that learning occurs when students of all ages have the opportunity to participate in a community, these pre-service teachers gained more knowledge about AT from the wiki than hands-on practice in the AT lab.
Dreon, O. Jr., Dietrich, N. (2009) Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Teaching Assistive Technology Through Wikis and Embedded Video. Tech Trends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, p. 78-81. Retrieved from ERIC database August 24, 2010.

Joan Bockus - The article, Make Way for Wikis, presents several examples of how wikis can be used as an effective tool in the classroom. Some of the ideas were setting up wikis for collaborative writing, group research on world events, developing writing and social skills, and verifying the validity of sources. The article discusses both the positive outcomes and some of the concerns associated with using wikis. The importance of teacher training was also addressed.
Oatman, Eric, Make Way for Wikis, School Library Journal, v 51. n 11. p.52-54, Nov. 2005.3pp. Retrieved from Eric Database Aug. 24, 2010.
http://web.ebscohost.comlibproxy.baypath.edu/ehost/detail?bid=3&hid=107&sid=f6b3f8a9-262d-45db-a38a-4490275178b2%40sessionmgr113&bdata=Jrhttp://web.ebscohost.com.libproxy.baypath.edu/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=107&sid=dd4daf4f-d724-4051-a2cb-cdb32d7c2b65%40sessionmgr110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eric&AN=EJ786332
Great Web Sites (include URL, site author, site name, and a very brief description of what makes the site great)
WIkis in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Molen, Kendra,Jan/Feb2009, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p57-58, 2p
Stacy Chausse - I found an article that was really informative, http://www.edutopia.org/using-wikipedia-classroom (Using Wikipedia in the Classroom: A Good Starting Point). I found this article very interesting and informative, one thing that definitely caught my eye was the sentence "It's what all of us skilled educators are all about", there you go, I am slowly coming out of my technology shell and figured this one of the reasons I didn't know about wiki. This form of education can become very useful as it was noted, this can be used to help students with their science fair projects, collaborative textbooks, student profiles, to name a few. Of course this is not the only means in which a student should use all of their information from, however as the article quoted it is a good starting point.
Joan Bockus - The article, Make Way for Wikis, presents several examples of how wikis can be used as an effective tool in the classroom. Some of the ideas were setting up wikis for collaborative writing, group research on world events, developing writing and social skills, and verifying the validity of sources. The article discusses both the positive outcomes and some of the concerns associated with using wikis. The importance of teacher training was also addressed.
Oatman, Eric, Make Way for Wikis, School Library Journal, v 51. n 11. p.52-54, Nov. 2005.3pp. Retrieved from Eric Database Aug. 24, 2010.
http://web.ebscohost.comlibproxy.baypath.edu/ehost/detail?bid=3&hid=107&sid=f6b3f8a9-262d-45db-a38a-4490275178b2%40sessionmgr113&bdata=Jr
Great Web Sites (include URL, site author, site name, and a very brief description of what makes the site great)
WIkis in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
18. Jamie Ferguson: I found the website, http://teaching-with-technology.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+Education, that really is a blog but has a lot of good resources for using wikis in the classroom. It also has many links to examples of wikis. http://elementarywikis.pbworks.com/Examples-of-Elementary-Wikis also is a quick way to look at many examples of wikis and the different ways they are being used in classrooms.

19. Catherine Drury: The website I found was called, Teaching Tips; Wikis in the Classroom. I found this to be a good resource because it listed a variety of websites that offered tutorials, actual wikis, research and teaching tips, as well as journals and blogs. The link to this website is as follows; http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001969.shtml