Allysa+Dimmitt

1.  How could a student use a Wiki site for the classroom? Students could use a wiki both individually and collaboratively. I could see students using this for a project wherein they receive a subject and they have to create a wiki specifically for that subject. They could also use it for a collaborative project where as a group they have to come together to create a wiki and then each group member is responsible for different pages. I really like the wiki because the teacher is still able to track progress, yet students are still working independently and in control of their own timeline of things that they could be doing for their project or individual work. It creates accountability and leadership in groups as others can see their progress also. The wiki could also be used for journal articles where students have writing exercises and classmates are able to give feedback or positive comments to their page.

2. How could a teacher use this site? Teachers could use this site as resources for their students. Teachers could create their own wikis to give students the information that they feel they should know instead of having students do web quests or their own research. I also think that students could use a wiki as a website for their different classrooms. They could use it to compile student work where each student has their own page and they get to highlight work or show progress in work that they have done through the wiki. This is great for teachers to be able to give comments and feedback to student work, a way to communicate with the student without having 1 on 1 sessions on their work.

3. What sites are you using as a teacher? And how? Right now I like using Kahoot. We use Kahoot to review for tests and sometimes quizzes. It's a fun way to get students involved and allows them to see how they are doing compared to their peers and things that they may need to work on before the test. I also use Wheel Decide. Wheel Decide is an online tool that allows me to plug in student names and creates a random generator. One of the things I was struggling with was calling on everyone rather than just those that raised their hands so now when people aren't raising there hands I bring out the wheel and we see more of a variety of participation in the classroom. Once I get my own classroom and I have a little more freedom in my lesson plans I plan on using a lot more online tools, especially since so many schools are moving to 1 to 1 in the next couple of years. 