Wikis

I am at a point where I am dying to try out a lesson using a wiki with my 8th graders. My TRT thinks that it is not such a great idea due to security reasons. I sat down and showed her the security options that you can set so that it could all take place within a safe environment. Instead, she presented me with a Google document idea which could work out well, but it is not curbing my urge to try out a wiki in my class.

My seventh graders study the human body. I thought it would be great for the class to divide into groups and each group would research one of the systems and create a wiki space about the human body. Each group would add a page to the wiki highlighting the important features, for example, the circulatory system, and by the end of my class, they would have an amazing collection of information that they could use to study for the end of the year exams.

I am not sure that this is going to be possible within my school district. I feel that I am constantly pushing our school to the limit to try new things, and it makes some very uncomfortable - the unknown always is, so I completely understand that. But I was hoping for at least a consideration.