Teacher Workshop-Lesson Plan

Professional Development Workshop and Reflection

May 27, 2019 Lesson Plan

Digital Communication

Creating a wiki and using it.

Standards addressed

T 3.b.  Collaborate with students, peer, parents, and community

members using digital tools and resources to

support student success and innovation.

A 5.b.  promote, model, and establish policies for safe, legal, and

ethical use of digital information and technologies.

C 5. c.  Model and promote diversity, cultural understanding, and

global awareness by using digital-age communication and

collaboration tools to interact locally and globally with

students, peers, parents, and the larger community.

Focus question                        How can teachers use wikis to communicate in the classroom and

outside of the classroom?

Related questions                    How can parents be more involved in their children’s learning?

How will the use of technology be regulated?

Objective                                 Teachers will create a wiki to be used twice a week in the

classroom with students and for parent communication.

Resources needed                  Computers

Using Wikis in the Classroom-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pR5yogCmkA

Instructional Video Series: Episode 3- Editing Etiquette-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJX87k-IWgQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LPV0BXijuM

Activity description                Explain what a wiki is. Explain how wikis can be used in the classroom for collaboration                                                 and to be used for communication with parents. Create a                                                                                                wiki with Fandom.com. Teachers will add three pages, the schools AUP, an assignment                                                for the students, and a news letter to the parents.

Teachers will pick a partner and read each other’s wiki and give any constructive                                                           feedback. Teachers will make changes as needed.

Teachers will take a brief survey.

Extension ideas                     Find ways to integrate different aspects of digital citizenship using

the wiki.

Teach on the Edge. (2019). 5 Ways you Should Integrate Digital

Citizenship into your Classes. Retrieved from:

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-digital-citizenship

Invite the parents to participate in the wiki and not just read it.

Add another page to their wiki.

Teaching tips for integrating digital citizenship into the curriculum

Supply teachers with resources to help them create a wiki.

Remind teachers of the importance of the AUP.

Provide examples that demonstrate students using a wiki in the

classroom.