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=5th Grade Lesson Plan: Teaching Appropriate Wiki Use=

Students will understand the behavioral expectations around using s technology that is new to them - a class wiki.
 * ==Lesson Objectives & Goals:==
 * ==Technology Used:==
 * one computer per student
 * Teacher computer / smartbard and projector
 * wikispaces wiki (set up in advance, and populated with student accounts)
 * ==Brief Explanation of How the Technology Will Be Used:==
 * Students will be introduced to the class wiki, be introduced to the editing tools, discussion tab, and history tab all at the same time, to give a sense that all activity on the wiki will be recorded, so that no one feels that they can 'get away' with anything inappriopriate.


 * ==Description of Expected Student Behavior:==
 * By the end of this lesson, Students will know how both how to make posts, and what types of content and behaviors are acceptable or not.

> > //Wiki Appropriate Use Policy: //
 * ==Process/Steps for Teaching (i.e., what you will actually do in the classroom); & Expectations of Students If & When They Find Inappropriate Content:==
 * (This lesson comes after a discussion of Wikipedia as a resource for research, it's virtues and pitfalls)
 * Students will be introduced to the editing functions of a wiki page.
 * Students will be introduced to the discussion tab - and be told that discussion //about// the page should be kept seperate from the page itself.
 * Students will be introduced to the History tab, and see:
 * How all activity is recorded
 * How changes can be recovered if need be.
 * At this point, students will be given the URL of the class wiki, along with their usernames and passwords to log in.
 * They will also be provided with a list of questions to answer, and post both their answers and links to where they found their information on the wiki.
 * Before any reseach begins however, the instructor will review the Wiki Appropriate Use policy which reads as follows:

//Proper grammar & spelling. No emoticons! [Like these : ) ; D }:O ] // //No abbreviations! [Like these: lol, bff, rofl, cn, cu...] //

//Stay on topic! //

//No Inappropriate Content: //

//Level I Inappropriate Content (off topic posts) will not be accepted. //

//Level II Inappropriate Content (foul or hateful language, comments, images, etc.) will not be tolerated! //

//All posts are logged and recorded in the page history. //

//It is EVERYONE'S responsibility to insure content is appropriate! //

//If you find inappropriate content: //

//Remove it. //

//Report it to the Wiki Organizer by sending me via email //  //Consequences for Posting Inappropriate Content: //

//Members who post Level II inappropriate content will be have write-access removed (won't be able to edit wiki pages) //

//They will still be expected to read and keep up with the wiki conversations, but must submit their contributions via typed response in Microsoft Word to the instructor offline.//

> > Following this step, students will be set loose to conduct their research!

= Wiki Letter = Dear Families: This marking period, our fifth grade class is embarking on a project where we will be researching energy use, conservation, and alternative fuels. Students will be working collaboratively online using a tool called a ‘wiki’ – which is a special kind of website which is very easy for anyone to edit and make changes to.

Our class wiki will be a little different, in that only people who have been invited will be able to edit and make changes to the wiki, but it will still be open and available to everyone on the world wide web. The chances of someone actually stumbling upon our wiki are relatively low, but nonetheless, we will be conducting this project openly.

Student safety is an important concern, and to that end, we have put a number of measures in place. Students will only be identified by their first names, and in the case of a unique first name, by an alternate username. Students have been instructed not to post any identifying information about themselves, other classmates, or the school itself; including full names, addresses, phone numbers, pictures, and the like. None of these items will appear on the wiki.

Additionally, students have been instructed to use the wiki only for class purposes. Off topic posts that aren’t germane to the ongoing research will be removed. Posts with inappropriate or foul language and the like will result in a student being removed from the wiki, but the requirements to keep up with the ongoing class work will remain the same.

Using a class wiki in this way opens up exciting collaborative possibilities, and allows students to write for authentic audiences in a way that a research paper turned in to a single teacher can’t match.

Please return this signed letter to acknowledge you have read and discussed the expectations for appropriate classroom wiki use with your child.

I have read and understood these wiki terms and conditions and agree to uphold them. student’s signature:_ date: parent’s signature: _ date:

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