Thread:Using Wikis with younger students (1)

I'm a teacher of 12 year old students in a First & Middle School near Worcester in the UK.

I have been assigned the task, along with a colleague, of introducing our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or Learning Platform to our students during the next academic year which starts in a few weeks time. Our VLE has the facility to host forums, blogs and Wikis within a secure password protected environment. This should link to our VLE if you would like to see the public side: St Barnabas VLE


 * How might I introduce blogs and wikis to my students?
 * Has anyone got any ideas/suggestions/activities that I might use?

I've tried to incorporate some activities into an English unit of work based around a novel: The Bailey Game by Celia Rees. I could share my planning document if that would be helpful.

Over to you guys...

Steve