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Under "Will Richards Wiki" I found a rubric for a WIKI project. I copied this into word b/c I might utilize it throughout the school year. Though you might like to know about this too.

I think Wiki's are an awesome way for students to interact with eachother. I loved the video explaining how 4 people can collaborate on a camping trip. My only question was can all students be logged in and edit the page at the same time? Good question. We'll talk about this. ﻿ I think Wiki's can be extremely useful. I would like to post important information to keep parents informed. I also want to incorporate book reviews and ideas for book reports.

Info from Creating a New Culture... "My one criticism of this profession is that we do not tell our stories well. That gets us into a lot of trouble because if we educators don’t tell our stories, there are lots of other people who think they have the story and they will tell it for us."
 * I feel that the positive teachers many times stay 'locked up' in their rooms without sharing all of the wonderful things that they are doing with students. I'm not sure if the reason is that they don't want to feel that they are bragging or are fearful that another teacher will take their idea and then the experience won't be so exciting for the kids. **

"We need to honor the knowledge and wisdom of educators. When I go into a classroom, I am amazed by the magic of a teacher, and I say to this teacher, “This is incredible. You ought to write an article or put this up on your Web site.” But the teacher says, “No, I just do this everyday. Nothing special here.” Teachers don’t know how special they are. They wouldn’t know because they don’t have a collective sense. So one of the things we absolutely need to do if we are really going to support standards is build capacity so there is a collective knowledge and wisdom."
 * I'm hoping that the future standards and technology driven curriculums will enable more collabaration to occur. **
 * I know that I need to do a better job of having students evaluate websites that they use information from and especially give credit for graphics/information when it is used. The Kathy Schrock webiste is a wonderful resource to get me started. I saved some examples that students can fill out info on the computer and submit to me. **