When I was a little girl, I would always start my diary entries with "Dear Diary, it's been awhile since my last entry, and I'm sorry for that." Well, blog, I feel like I should start off with an apology for neglecting you these past weeks. Life as a grad student has kept me mega busy, but I promise to keep up with my blog entries from this point forth :)
I'll start off by saying how much I loved the wiki video! Wiki is a term that I have heard thrown around quite a bit. However, up until now I was never too sure what it meant. The video explained it in such a clear and concise fashion that even a non-techie like me could understand! However, actually utilizing the wiki proved to be a bit more difficult.
After navigating to the APSU sandbox site, I spent quite a bit of time finagling around, just trying to figure out how to sign in. After much more time than I care to admit, I was finally in (woo-hoo). Then came the hard part....What was I going to post? I decided to stop and reflect on all the "Things" we have completed up until this point and pick the item that would be the most useful in my future classroom. And Glogster was the winner! Although I have come across quite a few new and exciting tools to add to my kindergarten toolbox, I would say that Glogster is the one tool that I am beyond excited to use in my classroom. So I decided to share my love for Glogster with the world (well, the APSU sandbox wiki world anyway...Baby steps here)!
There are a variety of ways that a wiki could be used in a classroom. Keeping along the lines of the list idea presented in the video, my mind immediately went to the list of common items that every elementary student has to bring for the class. A wiki could be a great way to organize which student will purchase which item for the classroom stock. After all, who wants 40 boxes of tissues and not a single box of crayons?!?!?! Thanks to wikis, that won't be the case in my future classroom! Oh yah, Glogster and crayons.....What more could my future students ask for? :)
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