Why you should use blogs and wikis with your students

I have been reading various articles about teaching and education this past week, and one word keeps popping up over and over: collaboration. Collaborating with others by sharing ideas and resources is an important skill for students to have, and one that employers highly value. Using digital media to work collaboratively is one of the ISTE standards for students.

Blogs and wikis are just two of the many web 2.0 tools available that allow students to interact and collaborate with each other. If you would like to learn more about using blogs and wikis in the classroom, you can view the Voicethread I put together below. In it, I describe some of the benefits of blogs and wikis, and ways you can use them in your classroom or library.

https://voicethread.com/share/7597895/

Blogs-and-Wikis Voicethread Script

Happy collaborating!