After doing some research on Educational Wikis I found two different Wikis with first grade content. The first Wiki I came across was Literacymalden and the second was GHTEACHERS. Both of these Wikis provided lots of information in the areas of reading and writing. Literacymalden gave much more information about the content provided in the Wiki and visually look more appealing. GHTEACHERS had a great deal of resources but not much information about what was on their Wiki. It seemed to be a warehouse of resources of district information housed in a central location. I think that is a great idea. However, it doesn't really lend to outside collaboration. I had no issues with the links on either page but really enjoyed how Literacymalden. I especially loved the center idea page. I found the Literacymalden Wiki to be better organized, more visually appealing, and lent to collaboration from educators outside the district. I did really like that a district put their curriculum resources on a Wiki for others to download and use. To me that is what education is all about, sharing information to help students learn and teachers teach.
Resources
http://literacymalden.wikispaces.com/FirstGrade
http://ghteachers.wikispaces.com/1st+Grade
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