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I have thought about having students create individual pages however, I like that the students can read other students posts. I think that it encourages students to take their time and think about what they are going to say before they post.

I give students a week to post their answers before we discuss it in class. Students have readily posted when they feel strongly about something so it really depends on the topic. There are always a few who wait until the last second.

Hi Kori,

That's an interesting approach - have you found that your students readily answer the questions, or do they wait for others to post first? I like how they individualize their answers in color.

I've noticed a bunch of teachers who encourage their students to create a personal wiki page and respond to assignments on that page.

-KM

In order to improve my students writing and reasoning skills in my social studies classes, I occasionally use my wiki as a discussion board. I post a question related to whatever topic we are covering and students are required to post a response (at times they are also required to reply to other student posts). This gives students who normally don't speak in class a chance to share their views. It forces all students to form an opinion and support their position.

A few times a year I word the question in the form of a standardized test question. It is my hope that this will help students practice extended response answers. Students are told that they are being graded on how well they support their answers.

An example can be found at http://mrsatwood.pbwiki.com/Election+...

Hi Sammy- I'd love to help you with this. Yaplet is a chat service. You can install a variety of chat services on your wiki- if you go to "Edit Page" -> "Insert Plugin" -> and then "Chat" you can see what's available.

You may also want to check out some of the templates we have available for librarians (http://educators.pbwiki.com/Sample+te.... This should give you a good start :)

You might find this conversation helpful, it's all a bunch of librarians talking about how they use their PBwikis, and they've got some awesome ideas. Creating a really large amount of content on a wiki can take a while, but if you do it well, it will be invaluable.

Good luck!

HI Rachael, I'm glad I met you here. Virtual Referencing is actually my area of interest. I'm trying to creat this using a PBwiki in a form of FAQ for our growing library. I'll be glad if you could put me through and give me a basic idea on how to go about this. by the way, what is "Yaplet"? Regards. -sammy