An Interview- Paul Elliott

I had the great honor of being able to interview teacher, Paul Elliott this morning.  Paul is the Gifted/Enrichment teacher in our elementary building at South Side Area School District.  Paul graciously agreed to talk with me about how he utilizes a wiki in his classroom.  Paul is quite knowledgeable about how wikis can and should work, but doesn't lose sight of the fact that a wiki is simply a tool and it's use should be balanced with other appropriate tools- both digital and analog. Our recorded conversation is linked below.  Please note that the conclusion of our conversation is not included because my recording device ran out of space, however, the recorded exchange is full of best practices and some excellent thoughts for using this tool in your own classroom.  I am also including links for Paul's wiki page and for pages of some of his students so that you might check these out yourself.  Thank you Paul for sharing!  I enjoyed our conversation and learned a great deal as well.



http://explore.sswiki.com/

http://joslyt.sswiki.com/

http://adapav.sswiki.com/

Please add to the conversation by sharing your experiences with wikis for teaching and learning in the comments below.