Wikis:
Our department have a couple of units set up on wikis where it becomes very student directed and the teacher becomes the facilitator. There are a variety of activities on the wiki page and then students need to individually set up there own page on the site. Worked well for a couple of years but there are some editing and privacy issues. Students had the ability to see everyone's page which is great but the temptation to then copy other students work is far too easy. Since this we have moved over to google doc type activites to eliminate this. What i did love about the wikis though was the discussion tab. We had our students posting at least 3 times on particular topics and then commenting on other students ideas throughout the unit.
Google sites is not something i have gone with yet, I attempted to set up a page for my senior students last year but have not got it to a point where am happy to share just yet. Definitely has the potential for again a sharing and communication tool both with students and teachers. Once the set up is all done then it can become better as the years progress and more resources are added.
Both are tools which in this day and age are an effective way to collaborate and share ideas amongst classes, especially for seniors in the lead up to HSC where off on study break.
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