Well, here I am.... My students are studying the American Revolutionary War. I've decided that I want my students to create a webpage from the era of the French & Indian War through the American Revolutionary War. For an authentic problem, I told them we would send the webpage to my friend who is a teacher in Texas so his students would be able to learn about this important American History.
I found creating a webpage in school to be very difficult. The software was not available. I thought I would load NVU onto a jump drive. It worked! Problem: The amount of time to have students put the information onto the computer with NVU loaded... Plus the added work of me having to go home and make it viewable online...
I decided to create a Wiki page. The information is flowing so much faster and it is definitely less work for me as the teacher. The students don't need accounts - they can just edit the page I created under my account... It is less maintance on my end too of loading the web pages!!!
Has anyone else found using WIKIs to be easier than students created web pages??!?!?!
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I love the idea you've used for your authentic problem. I think your students will enjoy this realm of technology and it's great news to hear that you have found an easier way than all the work you end up putting into a webpage. :)
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