Ten+Tips+for+Using+Wiki+and+File+Sharing+in+a+History+Classroom

// __ Ten Tips for using Wiki and File Sharing in a History Classroom __ //

1. Read the Welcome note left by the teacher and orientate yourself with the site. 2. Click on the link and watch the youtube video. While watching take notice of the event taking place, why it was relevant, the point of view of the author and other features 3. Research on youtube and find another video of the same event from a different viewpoint or a different kind of perspective 4. Upload the link to the wiki so that everybody can view your youtube 5. Comment on three other youtube sites that have been up loaded 6. Form groups and choose one of the youtube videos, which have been up loaded and use it to learn everything you can about the historic event, which you have picked. Up load this information to the wiki 7. In small groups you are going to create an electronic time capsule that we be opened in 20years for example. To do this you will need to do complete a number of tasks 8. Firstly in the same small groups you will need to create a historical video about the present day and how you see it. You will then need to upload it to the wiki. 9. Secondly you will need to create an electronic diary outlining what you do in a week. The sport you play, the food you eat, the subjects that you are taught, etc 10. Thirdly upload a picture of yourself giving your name age address and some person detail. It could include; your mum and dads name, where you live and what kind of pets you have. 11. Look at other classmate’s information to see what you have presented as a class.