Tool #6--Wikis

I enjoyed looking at the Wiki sites to see how they can be used to communicate with teachers and students. For the students, they encourage student-centered learning, teacher-student communication, classroom interaction, and world-wide communications. Students can build web pages, embed images & video, and post documents, and even upload their homework before the dog eats it. Teachers can create class notes, scheduling, agendas, and/or interpersonal collaboration. I looked at some of the classroom samples in Wikispaces and was very impressed by the amount of information and activities that can be found on one classroom site. Google Sites! is another great way to communicate with students and teachers alike. It seems fairly easy to add attachments, information, and edit a document. It is a useful tool planning a large activity or project with several people or groups. Students can build and maintain their own websites and integrate all subjects. Wiki sites definitely make information more readily available and efficient for our professional use, as well as our personal use.