Case+studies+and+examples

= Example One:  =



http://chinesecinderellahy.wikispaces.com/ (active link to the Chinese Cinderella 'task' wiki) This example above was used to guide year 7 students studying 'Chinese Cinderella' by Adeline Yen Mah. From this wiki, students were able to view a model on which to base their own wikis. Students were also able to view details of a number of the tasks they were expected to complete as part of their text study unit. Students had access to this site at any time and anywhere they had access to the Internet. This enabled students to work at their ability level and pace.

= Example Two: =



http://chinesecinderella1hy.wikispaces.com/The+Yen+Family+Tree Year 7 English class - sample page from group one. Students were required to use either Inspiration, Word or another concept mapping tool to create a diagram showing the Yen family tree. Students then needed to learn how to save their family tree and upload it to their wiki.

= Example Three:  =

http://chinesecinderella2hy.wikispaces.com/ Year 7 English class - sample page from group two. This is the home page for group two's wiki.

= Example Four:  =



http://chinesecinderella3hy.wikispaces.com/Chapter+Summaries Year 7 English class - sample page from group three. Group three provided very clear chapter summaries as can be seen in the above example.

= Example Five: =

http://chinesecinderella4hy.wikispaces.com/Cinderella+Stories Year 7 English class - sample page from group four. For this task, students were required to research some other 'Cinderella' stories and to create a table in their wiki in order to outline comparisons. As a result of this task, students learned how to work with tables in wikis.

= Example Six: =

http://ecx703.wikispaces.com/Sequence (McGlashan, L., Waldron, R. & Purcell, S. 2008) This above wiki is a unit for year 8 students based on the novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. It was created by the authors to guide students in their novel study unit and also to assist teachers by providing assessment guides, links to VELS and a rationale.

= Example Seven: =

This was a student created wiki based on their novel study of 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. http://stanleyyelnats.wikispaces.com/

Many other examples of wikis being used for text studies can be found by searching in wikispaces, using the title of the text. http://www.wikispaces.com/ Search facility can be located in the top right corner of this page.