Using Wikis and GoogleDocs

Learning is a social process that requires interaction

Help clarify ideas and concepts through discussion

Requires active learning through participation

Allows for work outside of class

Wikis are interactive WebPages with built-in privacy and protection

Allow for classroom extension, providing assignments, requirements, and resources

Provides space for discussionProvides space for online assignment

postings

Library (http://bottspot.wikispaces.com/)

Algebra (http://smmalgebra.wikispaces.com/)

Social Studies (http://carversclass.wikispaces.com/)

Free, collaborative tool onlineAllows students to work together on

documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and forms

Extends classroom beyond school hoursAllows students to work when they are

available and comfortable

Step 1: Students worked as a class to create comprehensive notes on three topics that produced major change in the 1920’s: Women, the Automobile, and Music and Literature

Step 2: Students used those notes to work in small groups to create a presentation.

8A Document shared with classPresentation from a group Completed forms: Primary Documents