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Wiki #1 - Math
Effective Math Videos It is can be difficult to “differentiate instruction” for Math. With the inception of GoogleVideo, youtube, and podcasts, an increasing number of entertaining, informative math videos have become available to supplement the math curriculum. The pro blem is that most math educators do not know that they are there. Your wiki assignment is to find video on the web that could supplement a math curriculum. Include a hyperlink to the video (or embed it in the wiki). List the objective that is taught through the video, and your suggestions how it may be used. You may also want to discuss students making their own videos/podcasts. How do they go about doing this? How do you evaluate their work? Optionally, if you find classrooms that are effectively using video as a mechanism to reinforce math concepts, share that information. **Participants:Sue Gallas**

Wiki #2 - Writing
Student Publishing The Read/Write Web has created a "Society of Authorship" where every teacher and student with access to the Internet has the capability to publish their work (Richardson 2006). We need to rethink the way we have our students publish their work. Richardson (2006) poses the following Essential Questions that I want you to consider for this project: 1. What need to change about our curriculum when our students have the ability to reach audiences far beyond our classroom walls? 2. How do we need to rethink our ideas of literacy when we must prepare our students to become not only readers and writers, but editors and collaborators as well? 3. How do we best put to use the reams and reams of "digital paper" that Weblogs provide? Weblogs and Wikis provide a space for students to collaborate and publish their writing for all to see. Develop your Wiki page to highlight the use of these tools in the writing classroom. How can they be used to enhance teaching and learning? How will you evaluate students' work? Use this space to educate your peers' (teachers/administrators) on these Web 2.0 tools. You may include hyperlinks to other classes/districts/students' work. **Participants:** home