Process

**__Overview of Process__**

1. **Research Using E-Library (**2 classes Mrs. Buckley)

2. **Introduction to Wikis,** Logining on to Wikispaces and Web 2.0 (2 classes) - show Common Sense video "Wikis in Plain English" - Logon to wikispaces.com - Students to each create a personal page including both an "avatar" from bitstrips.com and a "digizen" from digizen.org.

3. **Creation of Presentation** (1 topic shared between grps. of 2 and 3 in each section of Grade Six)

Students will create their presentation using a number of tools (Power Point, Slide 280.com, voicethread.com or Slideshare.com and then upload file to their wikispaces page. (3 classes)

4. **Adding a Google Map to your Wiki** (2 classes) Students will plot out the route your explorer took and at least three significant events in the journey

5. **Presentating Wikis** to the class

6. **Further Discussions and Observations** (1/2 class) - look at the wikis of others and to make positive observations, comments and suggestions

7. **Self-assessment (1/2 class)**