Wiki+Reflection

Watching the video regarding the amount of technology that students use on a daily basis made me realize just how important it is to incorporate technology when teaching. Using modes of communication that the students are familiar with and use in their daily lives would make the information presented to them much more interesting.

 After viewing the wiki informational video and examples of how teachers incorporate wikis in the classroom I am thinking that it is not too terribly difficult to incorporate, but maybe a bit time consuming.

 One of the wikis that I reviewed was the Broken World wiki. This one stood out to me as very unique, informative and interesting because it was information that I introduce and teach to my students in the spring. The wiki involved information on WWII which we study in the spring as part of our study on the Holocaust and bullying. I went through the wiki and loved that there were video clips and photographs of real events that took place. I am excited about this wiki because I plan to incorporate it into my instruction on WWII. I think the students will enjoy traveling through some of the items on the wiki as well as viewing the videos and real images.

 I also viewed the wiki that pertained to books. I like how students could use this wiki to discover a great deal of information on authors, different books, and other students opinions of the books. What a great idea!

 I love the idea of wikis and I am hoping to incorporate them into my instruction. My biggest concern is the amount of time they take to create, as I am extremely limited on time due to graduate school. I am thinking that I would be able to tackle this project over Christmas break or summer break? I also need to gain more information on how to create one...this is still a gray area for me.