Links to Great Wikis and Blogs

          
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My Favorite Wikis

http://mrsmiller.pbworks.com/w/page/FrontPage  This site is created through PBworks which is another  place to create a wiki.  The teacher has links as well as daily class information and  photos of class activities.  Good example of formatting differently.
http://kindergartencce.wikispaces.com/ This wiki is for the kindergarten teachers in an entire school district. It has a very extensive list of resources.  This is a good example of what can happen with group collaboration.
http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis This is an unbelievable directory of  educational Wikis.  It includes the country the wiki is created in, a description of the content and sometimes links to other sites.
http://linktolearning.wikispaces.com/Search+Engines This site is good for teaching technology skills in the classroom or in the computer lab.  It starts with staying safe on the web and mouse skills. This one shows how to do social bookmarking with del.icio.us
http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/index.htm  This wiki has been an ongoing collaborative project with young children for 8 years.  It has a collection of stories from those years.  I t is a good example of using wikis to collaborated with students in other locations.
                       Blogs or Weblogs
http://www.edutopia.org/grade-level-k-2 This is a site that has a collection of links to blogs and weblogs.  You can search by topic, grade level, schools that work and videos.  This would be a good place to start when looking for blogs on specific topics.
http://www.thisweekineducation.com/  Here’s where I can keep up on what the current topics and issues in education.
 http://itsnotallflowersandsausages.blogspot.com/ It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages.  Just the name of this blog sounds like fun.   This one is written by a 2^nd grade teacher who tells it like it is, including the funny daily happenings in a typical classroom.  She says, “Sometimes a girl’s gotta vent.”  I could get into this one at the end of the day.
http://earlystories.org/ Early Stories is a blog that focuses on  issues relevant to early childhood learning.  I would go here if I wanted theory or to see what the current trends and buzz words are in the field.
http://michellesmelser.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html  This blog of a first grade classroom could be just the ticket for seeing what is possible for first graders to do.  It  is current as of November 2010 and it has links to many other blogs that the author recommends.