STANSW+2012

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Why use Wikis?

 * 1) Students use wikis to manage their learning activities. Each student has her own page.
 * 2) A wiki is a tool that allows students to keep track of what they learn throughout the year or throughout a particular unit of work.
 * 3) Wikis allow students to show off their creative and entrepreneurial talents to teachers, peers, parents and the global teaching and learning community.
 * 4) Students work at their own pace and at their own level so they feel less pressured and enjoy the learning experience.
 * 5) Students who are absent from class can access learning material and work through the activities from offsite.
 * 6) Students are free to engage in other students' material to learn from their peers.
 * 7) Informally assess student knowledge of Scientific concepts and skills in the use of technology.
 * 8) Teachers can quickly identify students who need enrichment and those with specific learning needs.
 * 9) Wikis allow teachers to access students' work anytime and anywhere.
 * 10) Students use the wiki to revise before a test or exam.

How to use Wikispaces?
Examples of Student Pages: Natasha Christinam Arefeh
 * 1) Teacher creates a class wiki that contains links to Student Pages
 * 2) Each student has her own wiki page that they add their own learning activities to.

**Engaging in a Wiki**
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Creating your own Class wiki
Use these resources tomorrow to start your own project: Wikispaces - Students love to have their own space to share their ideas, post the links they find, and show off their pictures and videos. Create a template to organize their work, then create a page for each student. Teacher pages have no ads!

Google Documents - Great collaboration tools for students and teachers.

YouTube - If YouTube is unblocked, consider creating a channel to host your students videos. Be sure to tag the videos and mark them for education to limit unwanted associated videos.