I set up a wiki in pbworks, and I am going to use it with my 4th grade class on an ancient Greece unit. In the past, my students and I only had access to the computer lab once or twice a week for an hour, but now I have a scheduled time during the day when my class has access to a laptop cart. It is really nice!
We are going to work on the wiki as a class for collaboration, to share links, and to post responses. This will be the first time I have set up a class wiki before, so it might get interesting.
The class wiki will be a great place for us share links. It will track and log everything we have done so far in the course.
There are some problems. Because it is a web 2.0 tool, you have to be connected to the Internet. It will also take some time to set up all the students with an account. Because anyone can edit it, I will have to monitor it to make sure only appropriate material is posted.
After looking over the eLearning wiki, I wanted to learn more about the different Flash Cards tools. I am in the process of moving soon, so I went through some of my teaching supplies and I noticed my old flash cards. They were still in good shape, but a couple more 100 plus degrees Texas summers in the shed will do them in, so I decided to donate. I figure that digital flash cards will take over in the near future with the expansion of tablets.
Digital flash cards are a terrific idea! They could also be animated! Imagine the possibilities!
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