- Lesson summaries
- Log Classroom Daily Activities
- Concept Introductions & Exploratory Projects
- Sharing classroom learning that reaches beyond the classroom (parents, community, etc.)
- Individual & Group Assessment (projects)
Can I do all of those on a blog? It seems like (but please correct me if I'm wrong) that these types of tasks would be easier to manage on a Wiki vs. a blog. My biggest concern about Wikis is that students could alter the information (because I am a control freak) -- Although I recognize that I would be able to find out who made the changes that weren't authorized. Of course, students' editing capabilities is also a huge plus for submitting projects, etc. online. In terms of organization of information, I'm thinking that a Wiki would probably work more like a webpage. It's my understanding that I can go in a add pages as I need, but can alter the order for students. For example, if I put introductory info about The Great Gatsby on my Wiki this year, but want to add a closing activity next year, I'll be able to insert that page with the other Gatsby activities. On a blog, I'm not sure how I would do that since blogs seem to sort information in the order entered. A blog seems like it would be better for journaling or recording a process (much like we did here with the 23 Things). Since, the way I understand it, the blog will order the pages as they are entered -- am I correct about that?
Can I download documents to either blogs or Wikis? I'd like to have students be able to access handouts online for a variety of reasons.
You can find my wiki at: http://turnerswakiwiki.wikispaces.com/
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