Tool #6

I looked at some of the educational Wikis on Wikispaces and I found such a variety of uses and ideas for the classroom! One classroom started a survey about favorite food to complete a graph, and they ended up having responses from every state in the US, and from all the way around the world, New Zealand! Other Wiki pages were a combination of text and graphics or video, but all had the social learning element as the key. Whether Wikispaces, Googlesites, or Google Docs, the media is just a vehicle, but problem solving, collaboration and work ethic are the real point. I can see using one of those tools during science to record observations during an on-going investigation; in math, to explain a concept with demonstrations or examples generated through group work; in reading, presenting a story through reader's theatre scripted by the students, etc. Comments posted on Googlesites seem to indicate that it's an easy tool to use for students. I'll have to compare and decide which one is easiest to use in my classroom.