UPDATE: So, now I know what "steam-of-consciousness" is and I believe I displayed it with excellence. I would like to caution you to watch the above video with that in mind and know that when I do my one-minute video it will be much more engaging.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
BP4 Wikispaces
I chose to review Wikispaces for my Web 2.0 tool. I had never used Wikispaces before but had heard about it through one of the tech people at my last school district. I was intrigued how it could be used in the classroom after watching the Michael Wesch video so I decided to learn Wikispaces and give a video tutorial of how to set one up for a class.
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I hope you get a chance to blog later and let us know how wikispaces works out for you. I read about PBWorks on another blog today. You might like to check that out, too. -Pat
ReplyDeleteHi Brian and Pat...
ReplyDeleteI've used them both. I began using Wikispaces a few years ago as a service area to answer frequently asked questions about our Tablet PCs.
This year I began using PBWorks in two of my classes. In my Spanish class, I set up pages for my students to add notes on vocabulary and grammar. In so doing, we should have a full-service review in place for mid-terms and finals.
In my Edutainment class, we are logging our progress through our creating of a 3D world to teach and assess math skills. The students are charting their own progress and posting a compendium of useful resources.
The feature I love abut PBWorks is that it tracks each update and allows for an easy historical comparison.
Both are great tools -- best wishes in your endeavors.
Brian.
ReplyDeleteI am a pretty big fan of using wikis. As Sue mention, PBWorks is another wiki that is out there to take a look at. I personally like it a little bit better than wikispaces.com. Another free wiki site is wetpaint.com. However, I feel that wetpaint is VERY limited in their capabilities.
One wiki assignment that I like having my students do is a neverending story. I create an introductory paragraph at the top of the wiki and add a 2 column table below it for students to put their name and add the next paragraph to the story. This was a weekly assignment, with each student having to add their own paragraph every week.
At the end of the year I would print out the entire thing and bind it so that the class could read it all at once. Was a fun use of wikis, and got my students both reading and writing at the same time.