Wikis

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I think a wiki can be a great resource to have available for students in my future classroom. It can encourage students to collaborate and edit assignments together online. It can also allow students to view important upcoming assignments, due dates, links that can be helpful for homework, videos that were viewed in class, and power point presentations viewed in class. Students can also add links to the wiki that they think go along with what we are learning at the time. A wiki is different from a website in many ways. For one all students can have equal access to it allowing them to create, collaborate and modify assignments. Unlike a website it allows multiple people to edit and save material even though they didn't create it. It is a webpage that anyone can edit. I believe parents can even have access to it as well. It can be a easy way to discuss what their child is being taught in the classroom. News letters can be posted on a classroom wiki, field trip volunteer sign up sheets, and even party volunteer sign up sheets. I think a class wiki encourages students to get involved in what is being learned inside the classroom in the comfort of their own home. It introduces the beauty of technology to students over the web. If students have a group assignment and they cant finish it in class then they can communicate about it and edit it online. After they are done collaborating and adding to it I can view it. I can grade it electronically. A wiki can be very resourceful and it integrates the use of technology inside the classroom.