We used our 2nd grade wiki primarily as a way to display student work (written, drawn, recorded, and videotaped), to promote student discussion, and to set up links to kid-friendly research sites. Since only the kids are invited to join the wiki, it is a very secure site.
Here are some pictures that show how it was set up. This is an example of one of the research link pages:
This is one of the discussion pages. Granted, this particular discussion about hummingbirds was not very deep, but it shows how it worked:
This is a page that shows how student work can be displayed.
The kids asked me to never delete their wiki. They have even been contributing to it over the summer! I am hoping that my team can put together one or two special grade level wikis this year (homework, book talks, etc.)
The wiki that you established for your class this year was fabulous! The children were so engaged in the sites, and the creativity you displayed in your pages served as an inspiration to the rest of us.
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Thanks! (You've always been my favorite teammate, whoever you are!)
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