Thing Fifteen: Wiki

This learning activity focused on looking through and creating your own "wikis".  A Wiki is something teachers can use to edit, share, and save written works about any number of topics.  They can be used to share class project information, teacher Bios, and be used in web quests.  This is a great way to create an area that you can always return to semester after semester and year after year without having to renew subscriptions or transfer things to a new format if you were to switch schools or counties.  I liked the idea of the "sandbox" area that allows students to explore and post their own ideas.  This could be used to share progress on an assignment, share things they would like to do in the classroom or even allow them to do things similar to this assignment and let them try out new things and show it off to their classmates! It is important to always include these fun side activities, especially with younger learners, to keep their interest and motivate them to participate in the lessons.