Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series focusing on Wikis in the classroom. Last week I demonstrated how Wikispaces could improve student organization, make learning more transparency, and heighten teacher feedback within the study of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.  For the second entry in this series we’ll examine how MediaWiki can [...]

It’s been five months since I’ve contributed to this space, more than 150 day without a single post.  And while I’ve never been a prolific writer, that’s a long stretch, even by my standards.  Granted, open heart surgery, rehabilitation, and an extremely busy spring have been contributing factors, but it’s time to once again take [...]

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a staple of our 8th grade English curriculum. In an effort to breathe new life into teaching this classic of modern American literature, Faculty Fellow Angela Hagans guided students (and faculty) through the process of using Prezi to demonstrate what they had learned about a [...]