The+Reading+Round+Table

Ideas Generated by the eteam:


 * Get the students to take turns posting as a character in the book
 * Create a Facebook-like page on the wiki
 * Give the students a carrot to entice them to go to the site, like provide a quiz answer on the site or have a secret word
 * Add a voting component (how many think 100 Dresses is a girlie book?)
 * Require students to respond to each other
 * To keep it manageable for the teacher, respond to only two or three a day. By the end of the month, you'll have responded to all of them
 * Invite more students to get online to feed off each other
 * Get the 6 kids together at some point to meet to establish community
 * Manage the wiki using the "statistics" function
 * Use wikis as an exit slip-type of activity
 * Use it as a thinking spot instead of an assessment
 * Give a penny or a ticket to students who post well or often or thoughtfully (incentivise somehow)
 * Avoid yes/no questions
 * Incorporate role playing (either you are Maniac Magee or you can let a student pose online as MM)
 * Maybe eventually move to Moodle
 * It appeared that we loved doing an exercise on wiki (giggling and "What are you guys laughing at?" and feverish posting). Take a lesson from that and perhaps it is worth beginning this DURING class and they will continue at home

Please feel free to add more ideas as they come to you!