Monday, July 15, 2013

Wikispaces Classroom is PBL Friendly

Hello All,

I recently attended the webinar Wikispaces Classroom Tour through Wikispaces.  The features are quite impressive and I found Wikispaces Classroom easy to navigate and use.  With all the buzz about Project Based Learning (PBL) and authentic assessment in education circles, the one feature that stood out to me was Projects.  The teacher can create the project, add dates to the calendar, create teams, and view user activity.  Teams can be created by dragging and dropping member names, randomly assigning members using the team generator, or uploading members from a spreadsheet.  The privacy settings can be set for only the team to edit, for other members of the Wiki to view but not edit, or for other members of the Wiki to also edit.  Numerous pages for the project can be setup for the teams by the teacher or the teacher can allow permission for each team to add pages for the project.   Under the assessment tab, the teacher can view who is online and whether each person is reading, writing, or has saved.  This information can be accessed searching by users or by projects.  If you are curious about the other features available at Wikispaces Classroom, visit the About Wikispaces Classroom link here: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/classroom/about.

Happy potential PBL,

Mrs. A

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