1. Learning Goals/Objectives
1.1. Simplicity
1.1.1. Monitor students work
1.1.2. Provide feedback
1.1.3. Assist/encourage students
1.1.4. More focus on classroom/students
1.2. Communication
1.2.1. Prompt feedback
1.2.2. Improved teacher-student relationships
1.2.3. Collaboration
1.3. Engagement
1.3.1. Increased participation
1.3.2. Makes learning fun
1.3.3. Different platform for learning
1.3.4. Teacher can engage more students
2. Learning Assessments
2.1. elementary standardized testing
2.1.1. Learning record and work sampling
2.1.2. TeraNova, Iowa Basic, PARCC, etc.
2.1.3. Common Core
2.2. common core
2.2.1. tests included in CC standards
2.2.2. advantages
2.2.3. draawbacks
2.3. post-secondary
2.3.1. ACT & SAT
2.3.2. AP Exams
2.3.3. Career Readiness
2.4. graduate
2.4.1. furthering education
2.4.2. certification exams
3. Teacher Roles
3.1. Simplicity
3.1.1. All the information is in one location
3.1.2. Students never have to sign up
3.1.3. Easy to edit and save the website
3.2. Collaboration
3.2.1. teachers can assign multiple students to sites
3.2.2. Multiple classes for multiple websites to go across multiple topics
3.2.3. Internet access can lead multiple teachers to work together on a school wide competition
3.3. Generalization
3.3.1. Able to be used for any subject like mathematics
3.3.2. Can be used in any classroom from elementary to high school
3.3.3. teachers don't have to worry about it being school friendly because the teacher creates it
4. Examples in the Classroom
4.1. Algebra II
4.1.1. Homework
4.1.2. Project
4.2. Geometry
4.2.1. Homework
4.2.2. Project
4.3. English
4.3.1. Activity
4.3.2. Papers
5. Learning activities
5.1. social
5.1.1. participate in discussions
5.1.2. share files with peers
5.1.3. discuss projects in real time
5.2. writing
5.2.1. collaborative writing projects for groups
5.2.2. interconnected discussions between peers during the writing process
5.2.3. creative writing projects and assignments
5.3. projects
5.3.1. individual projects such as videos or flip books
5.3.2. group projects that allow students to create and collaborate within wikispaces
5.3.3. presentation capability-students can share their videos with their peers on wikispaces