Purpose

This wiki will help students and educators in many ways.

The students will have a single place to go to find all the information they need to succeed both in class and in the future. They will have the opportunity to really take charge of their education because the wiki will be a product of their efforts. Information will be added as they find it. Topics will be discussed on their terms. Cummins, Brown, and Sayers (2007) explain this importance, "If instruction doesn't promote active intelligence from children's first day of school, or promotes it only in middle-class suburban schools, then it is failing both students and society" (65). This wiki is a work in progress by design in order to give ownership to learning.

Educators will have a place to view an example of how a wiki can work in a classroom at our campus and an example of one way to incorporate technology into the classroom in general. This will help exemplify the importance of technology in the classroom. The Power Point presentation is designed the concepts and some of the many options of ways to use technology. As Cummins, Brown, and Sayers (2007) say, "the current infusion of technology into schools will yield minimal gain in student academic outcomes because the technology is generally not integrated with forms of pedagogy that promote cognitive and affective engagement with learning" (3). I am planning of using my wiki to show how easy this integration really is.

Technology is the way of the future. Students and teachers need to be able to use it to their advantage. This is especially important for the population we serve, one that has limited access to technology outside of school. For their future employment, among other things, it is imperative.

Cummins, J., Brown, K., Sayers, D. (2007). //Literacy, technology, and diversity: Teaching for// //success in changing times.// Pearson Education. Boston, MA.