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By Katt on Jun 14, 2008 in PikiWiki Project 2008, technology | 0 Comments
A few months ago, I got the chance to experiment with PikiWiki. When I first wrote about it, I thought that it was a site my students would enjoy and be able to work with easily. I was right.
After a brief explanation of the project and the site in the classroom, I turned my students [...]
By Katt on Apr 14, 2008 in Lesson Plans, PikiWiki Project 2008 | 1 Comment
If you’ll recall, a few weeks ago I wrote about the potential to use Pikiwiki with group projects and later I mentioned that one of my students had made her own PikiWiki page. Well, Since then, I’ve had a few more students play around with this site on their own. One student not only created [...]
By Katt on Apr 7, 2008 in Pedagogy | 2 Comments
The first day of class is always fun for me. I get to meet a new group of students with the potential to do awesome work. I get to start over again with my syllabus, my pedagogy, or any aspect of my teaching that I want to start over with. Students don’t always feel the [...]
By Katt on Apr 2, 2008 in Pedagogy, theapple.com | 0 Comments
I teach my students the importance of collaboration to their further studies. I teach them this because I know how much collaboration has aided me in continuing my education, but I also know how much collaboration is involved when working in the “real world.” But I also stress to them the differences between cheating [...]
By Katt on Mar 31, 2008 in PikiWiki Project 2008, technology | 5 Comments
If I would remember to turn on my Trailfire and follow my paths, back, I would not have to begin posts like this. However, there was a lapse in memory the other day, so I must.
I followed a link from somewhere to pikiwiki the other day and I think I’ve found a new technology that [...]
