Wikis are Wicked Cool!

So I had this brainstorm about how to get the kids to write about Derek Glaser's visit to the classroom. We used a wiki. What is a wiki you asked? Well it is an place online where you are invited by someone to edit a document. You can see who edited, when they edited and what they edited. So today I invited the kids to edit the document on Derek's visit. It was wicked cool! The students were engaged by reading what each other wrote and discussing how to write better. This is the perfect time for the wiki. I want the kids to write about the experience and post that information to the blog. I am so excited about the wiki, students can truly take ownership over this Service Learning project.