Wiki Reflection 

    This assignment was to create a Wiki in Wikispace.com with the purpose of conducting a discussion board about the research on two emerging technologies.   Wiki is an Internet resource that allows teachers and students to communicate effectively between each other. Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education. It is a workspace where teachers and students can work on writing projects alone or in teams. These great assessment tools provide the necessary power of to monitor student posts, engagement in real-time, and give feedback and support as required. Wikispaces Classroom can be used on tablets and phones. Wikispaces Classroom is free for teachers and students. After creating the Wikispace we had to choose two emerging technologies from Webquest.  The technology has come to impact almost every aspect of our lives, and the style in which we learn, communicate, approach information, and evaluate student performance. This is possible across the developed world, but it is very remote in economically disadvantaged areas. Most of the emerging technologies are Internet limited and require technological resources such as computers, I-pads, tablets, and smart phones. The concept of education is changing in small consistent increments, and programs are coming to transform the vision of education in schools. Some School Districts are already using tablets and smart phones. The two emerge technologies that I chose were Blendspace and PowToon.

    

Blendspace has a dashboard that consists of a list of classes and the canvases created for each class. Teachers can see whose students have joined the class and the canvases that students have created for the class. Teachers can also create a multiple-choice quiz, Students are able to design their own canvas, as well. The canvas could be shared with the rest of the class for a homework review, or to get feedback.

    PowToon is a highly innovative emerging technology. Teachers are able to inspire students with creative stories and evocative presentations via the addition of short animated video clips. Powtoon also allows teachers to use animated characters. This feature enables educators to create interactive story lines that tend to be more inspiring and inclusive for all students, but especially for the growing number of students for whom technology has become commonplace. 

Wikispace.com has a great deal of potential to increase communication between teachers and students.  I will use it in my classroom.  
https://pratcliff.wikispaces.com/home