Welcome

=Ms. Caston-Smith's 9th Grade English Wiki=

The purpose of class use of Wikis is:

 * to use technology to reinforce instruction
 * to utilize knowledge from many students to increase knowledge of all
 * to establish positive group interactions
 * to give students greater access to class information
 * to increase student use of technology for educational purposes

The first wiki experience in my class went quite well. The students were amazingly appropriate and professional on the site. I was so impressed with their maturity and interest in the wiki work. Several parents wrote in to say that they use wikis and blogs in their every day work, so wiki use in the classroom seems to be in line with the business world today.

The best use for wikis is to allow many people to collaborate in writing a document. Everyone can edit the page that is on the wiki, and everyone who joins wikispaces can enter the discussions and add comments. The students particularly loved the discussion page. If you try wikis in your classroom, make sure to talk about the discussion page and make sure they not only write appropriately, but that they also stay on the topic you have assigned. As the organizer, you can delete comments so it helps to check the wiki often.