THING 12 Video Conferencing from the Living Room
I just finished viewing my instructional video - not quite in my pj’s - but in comfy clothes with a cup of tea. I found a presentation from 2006 (at first I thought that would be outdated, but then realized that’s about where I am in the world of technology! 
)by Mark Wagner, a former high school English teacher turned educational technology director. AND it’s about wikispaces, so I couldn’t resist. The name of the presentation is
Download. I can see myself using both of these spaces as resources in my own teaching and attempted development of a class wikispace. I have been practicing using the wiki as a place to further engage students on our literature topics, but these two gentlemen also incorporated vocabulary and grammar into their pages. The practicality of the video wasn’t THAT helpful, however. While they mentioned and talked about ways to use the wiki, in my opinion, they did not do enough to actually show what they did. I suppose that’s a drawback of watching from my own living room. I will be checking out their sites, however, and hopefully incorporating some of their ideas.
April 11, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
Soon you will be making a video on how to use Wiki’s in a Middle School English class. I am very impressed on how you have jumped right into incorporating wikis and other technology into your class. Good job Dee