Tigertown

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 * Big Beaver Falls Area School District** teachers take a look at using WikiSpaces for the classroom.

How can teachers use wikis to facilitate teaching, writing development, and learning?

 * Provide a space for free writing
 * Debate course topics, including assigned readings
 * Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscripts
 * Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects
 * Require students to collaborate on documents, such as an essay written by the entire class
 * Discuss curricular and instructional innovations
 * Encourage students to revise [|Wikipedia] pages or take on new wikipedia assignments
 * Inspire students to write a [|Wikibook]
 * Support service learning projects (i.e. use wikis to build a website about a challenge in their city)

Think of this wiki as a web site in which we are able to add pages or edit existing pages. First, you need to register on wikispaces and then click the "Join this space" link to the left to request membership in this wiki. Once approved, you'll be able to collaborate with your fellow BBFASD teachers. If you'd like to see how a wiki can be applied to your classroom activities, let's get together!

When should I use technology in the classroom?
I think a question we should ponder is, Am I using technology for the right reasons?  Am I using it to:


 * enhance engagement
 * deliver instruction in a meaningful way
 * instruct a particular curricular standard
 * support student centered learning

Or, do I think it's more fun to see things blink and move than to stare at an overhead? Or, do I think it's because everybody else is doing it? I agree we should ask ourselves, Why? As we sit for hours in front of a computer screen in order to develop an integrated technology lesson, Why?

**Convert commonly used files (.doc, .xls, .ppt etc.) to PDF.**
Microsoft Exel(**.xls .xlw**) Microsoft Exel Vorlage(**.xlt**) Microsoft Powerpoint(**.ppt .pps**) Microsoft Powerpoint Vorlage(**.pot**) || Postscript(**.ps**) Rich Text Format(**.rtf**) Text(**.txt**) HTML(**.htm .html**) JPEG (**.jpg .jpeg**) Portable Network Graphics (**.png**) ||
 * Microsoft Word(**.doc**)

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