Reflections of an Educator

Thanks to my wonderful friend KRabs and my new virtual colleague MagistraM (via Classroom 2.0 ), I've been inspired to update my blog reguarly, and gosh darnit, I'm going to succeed.   Today my students had the option of creating a wiki , a Capzle , or a PowerPoint, and I closely watched who picked what option - because I think it says so much about a student - with regards to everything from risk-taking to learning style.  Overall, I think that students were pleased that I'd decided to give them a project-based final assessment for our unit on Islam as opposed to a good, old-fashioned paper and pencil test.  Seeing as the children had three tests this week, I saw this as a good opportunity for an alternative assessment.  I wanted to keep my standards high, challenge their thinking, give them the opportunity to create an internet based-product, and give them choice in the matter.  I believe I achieved all those things with my assessment.  Only having done one wiki with my...