Thing Twenty
I found a couple of wikis listed kind of interesting. There was
one called “wikiHow” that had link to all kinds of how-to pages. It was kind of
fun. Another was one I have used in the classroom, Google Earth; this allows us
to locate many places on the planet. It gives students real experience with
coordinates and locations, spatial experiences they wouldn’t normally have.
What hurdles might stand in the way of your using a wiki? One of
the biggest hurdles in most buildings is getting access to a computer lab. Most teachers need to get into the labs, and
they will only spread so thin.
Another hurdle is that as the only teacher in the lab with a class
of 30 students, it is often difficult to get to all the students who need help
within the hour(s) we have the lab reserved to get the work accomplished.
Inevitably, there are several students who need help during the session.
What would it take to remove the hurdles? More money for
computer labs in the school or for each classroom would
be good starters.
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