A Wiki Profile - The Diary of Anne Frank

Posted by TroyJMorris on April 9th, 2008 2 Comments

We relish the opportunity to spotlight creative and compelling uses of Wetpaint. When we discover an instance where a teacher is incorporating Wetpaint technology in the classroom to engage her students’ interest and enthusiasm, we happily stop and applaud.

Eighth-grade teacher Teresa Hinkel began the school year with a mission to develop a lesson plan using a wiki. She originally intended to present a simple vocabulary lesson, but ultimately decided that the best application of the technology was to create a collaborative study guide for the class’ unit on The Diary of Anne Frank.

The ability of the wiki to capture and foster open, collective discussion through creation of pages and posting of comments brings a genuinely collaborative and creative spin to illuminating the historical factors and lessons of Frank’s life. The students are empowered to pose their ideas and questions and consider and respond to those of others. After all, everyone gets a chance to sit in the front row on a wiki!

One of the greatest takeaways from this experiment, says Mrs. Hinkel, has come courtesy of one of her students, newly immigrated to the United States. “I have a student from Korea who has just come to the U.S.A. I wasn’t sure the invite would appear in her email but it did, with parts in Korean. She doesn’t speak English very well and finds it difficult to communicate and join in classroom discussions. Her comments and posts [on the wiki] have been excellent and [her more active participation] has given the kids something to talk to her about. She has also smiled and shown a sense of accomplishment.”

Bravo, Mrs. Hinkel and students!

Keyword Tags: Web 2.0, User Experience, Social Networking, User Generated Content, Wikis, General, Wetpaint

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Mr. Morris, thank you for affirming Mrs. Hinkel’s creativity and leadership by asking her to allow this blog. We are proud of her, too!

- Principal of Mrs. Hinkel’s school

By Falba F. Turner on April 10th, 2008 at 4:51 am

I love the book of Diary of Anne Frank, I remember that was the first book I ever read when I was asked to do a book report on it, at the age of 10 yrs of age. I am glad I found someone whom also enjoys it as well. Reddingfemale

By Debbie on April 15th, 2008 at 10:33 am

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