So, I was trying to think of other ways to use wikis in the subject areas that I teach. Last week I posted an idea for P.E. use, so today I got to thinking about utilizing wikis in health. I read Carl Mackey's idea for collecting nutrition information and meal plans, which I thought was a great idea! Luckily, health is a subject area (like many others) that has a LOT of information in our curriculum. Another way wikis would be helpful in building collective knowledge is drug and alcohol information. There are SO many side effects that go along with various drugs that it is hard to keep track of them. If students could post this information (along with some drug nicknames and legal consequences) that would be an excellent reference (and organizational tool) for this information. I could check it daily to make sure the information is valid.

Wiki's and P.E??

So, of course when we started discussing/working on wiki's I immediately wondered how they could be applied to middle school P.E. and health. At first I thought, "well, maybe only in my health classes." But after a bit more thought I realized that utilizing wiki's would be a great way to bring together collective knowledge and rules about various sports and even fitness concepts. Although one student may not know EVERYTHING about a particular sport or activity, chances are that he/she knows a couple of facts. Therefore, if my students were to use wiki's (as we are now in the ITS program), I think they could possibly have a sense of ownership over something that they helped produce. In turn, it could be a reference that all students could use to understand various activities that we participate in throughout the school year. What are your thoughts on this??