Sara+Behrens

1. How could a student use a Wiki site for the classroom?

A student could use a Wiki site for many things in the classroom. Wiki's obvious draw is that it emphasizes collaboration in and even out of the classroom. Students could use a Wiki to poll together all the material they may think will appear on their next unit test to create a cohesive study guide. Or, students reading a novel could find the platform useful in keeping either a running form of important information (characters, summaries, motifs, etc.) or a discussion forum. Wiki would also work great for group projects.

2.) How could a teacher use this site?

A teacher could use a Wiki site to assign students any of the tasks mentioned above. Wiki seems to be an excellent way for English teachers to motivate their students to work together and create a comprehensive guide to a major short story or novel. Also, since Wiki allows for editing, an English teacher may want to use the site to bolster their students' editing skills. The teacher could post a page with numerous grammatical mistakes and have students work in teams to correct them. That could be fun.

3.) What sites are you using as a teacher? And how?

As a teacher, I plan to use the Google suite pretty extensively. Google Classroom just makes things so easy for teachers — whether it's posting assignments, making presentations available to students, or collecting assignments. My students will have Chromebooks, so it just makes sense. However, I also plan to use CommonLit to enrich my reading assignments, Newsela to add more nonfiction reading material, Google Arts & Culture to enhance visual literacy and reflection, BoomWriter to improve the writing workshop process, and PlayPosit to enhance any educational videos with comprehension questions.