I would have to say that Wikispaces has proven to be the most valuable Web 2.0 tool I use with my students. I absolutely love its versatility. Therefore, this post will be Part 1 in a series of posts about this tool. I will apologize in advance for the seemingly random order of the posts. I have a colleague coming to observe my use of social media, and this is the first thing I will be showing her, so please bear with me -- I will eventually cover other uses for Wikispaces (there are so many!)
One of the functions Wikispaces offers is a discussion feature. I have set up a "Wiki Home Page" for each course that I teach. When I need quick feedback from my students, I can have them post a response to a topic or question that I create on the Discussion tab.
For example, at the start of class I post the question "Qu'est-ce qu'elle prépare? (What is she preparing)?" as a new discussion thread. I show a quick video clip, and students must post a response to the question based on what they see in the video.
Students are logged in to their own Wikispaces accounts, so they are easily identified. It literally takes me about two minutes to scroll through one class worth of responses, and *POOF*, informal assessment in a cultural context.
Feedback comes in the form of my response to the thread -- I restate the correct answer, and in some cases publicly acknowledge a different correct answer I hadn't thought of in advance (I love when my students teach me!)
The Wikispaces Discussion feature beats pen & paper ALL DAY LONG!
What do you think?
What do you think?
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