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Contributor: Craig Hicks

The use of wikis to be a collaborative note taking tool has great potential.
Here are a few examples of student generated wikis.

• http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_Thursdays
  
• http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Civil_Rights_Class
  
• http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Physics

The use of wikis as a note taking tool would allow students to employ nearly
all of the components listed in the research findings associated with this
instructional strategy.

Contributor: Susanne Nobles

I used Google Docs to direct my students'
textual annotations. As we read the Bhagavad-Gita, my students had to
choose key stanzas
on their own for homework and annotate them in preparation for focusing on
these chosen stanzas in class through both cooperative-group and all-class
discussions. What worked so well with this was we began our discussions with
what the students had deemed important, thus placing value on their own
abilities as readers. Also, each student had something already prepared to say
at the start of each class, thus allowing me to call on people to ensure full
participation without seeing that blank stare of fear.

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Contributor: Jennifer Clark Evans I reorganized the traditional research
paper for my juniors in American Literature class this year. Instead of teaching
notecards and the Dewey Decimal system, we discussed print versus non-sources
and used a wiki to
collect and organize notes. Throughout the research process, each student
maintained a wiki page to take notes and plan for their final paper. I had
access to each page and could track "recent changes" as well as post comments on
each student's individual page. Finally, students could publish their final
paper on their wikipage, but maintain all of their research notes and early
drafts on the "History" tab, so the process of writing the research paper became
more tangible to them as they used new media sources to find, organize, and report
credible information. jclarkevans@fredericksburgacademy.org

Contributor: Randy Rodgers A teacher I work with frequently has used
Blogger to have her students create daily summaries of classroom instruction. A
random student is chosen to do so each day, and they post to her class blog [1]. Classmates can
add details, ask questions, make comments, etc. Useful as a means of review and
checking on student comprehension of objectives. randyrodgersits@gmail.com [2]