Ideas

=**Dual Enrollment Government** = PVCC PLS 211 and PLS 212 Mrs. Newman

Things to add to this wiki 1. syllabus 2. link to PVCC 3. Discussion page - assign a question or topic for homework. must consider students without computer access 4. Questionairre for new students - including email address and computer access.

State Government Wiki Project 1. use wiki to present state project!!! 2. create student wikis for state project 3. include useful sites for state wiki 4. wiki for helping each other when stuck 5. Create 50 state wiki - each student does a state and we will get all states over the course of several years. Later classes will edit. Will need to include citations so later students can edit - also good practice. Also later students could add local governments so we would develop a number of local governments for each state government. 6. work with AP classes in the future 7. Create my own wiki for Virginia State Government as a model 8. Students could put in links, not just citations - for example link to the state constitution. 9. Work in pairs for particularly difficult states like Alabama 10. semester long project?? One day a week in the lab??? 11. the ideas are coming so fast, I can't keep up with my own brain. 12. once state wikis are done - add new ideas like how a bill really becomes a law.

Other ideas 1. embed videos or links to videos so students who miss class can see the material 2. calendar of lessons 3. extend to English 10 - create individual wikis in a portfolio style: essays, opinions on the works we read, pick one poetry analysis and one short story analysis to create a wiki for -each students using paper copy. 4. complete government wiki first where students personal information isn't an issue - just an information wiki, then can use as demonstration to gain permission on more personalized English wikis.

MUST CONSIDER PRIVACY ISSUES