Wiki+Applications

My original wiki was going to be used for my department to post documents they could collaborate on to create common assessments, but I hit a snag when I couldn't open documents created with our test generator software. I am still working on getting it to work - maybe changing it to a pdf and then suggesting edits for the person who created the electronic copy to make. I then decided to create a way to have students work on a group project using the wiki and I created a template that would require they work collaboratively. These things always sound good on "paper" (or online, or whatever) so I intend to actually try it and then I will be able to give a "real" professional opinion. I choose AP Statistics because AP students are usually not hampered by not having a computer or easy access to the internet. That is still a problem with many students, although I have notices that since phones now have internet, many more of my students have online access, even though they may not have a computer to create and edit word documents. I have to admit that when I orginally started the course I was at a loss as to how I was going to use this in a mathematics classroom and I now find myself really motived to create activities that are useful for the concepts of wikis and blogs. The more I screwed up the more I learned and as I became less frustrated I found myself really enjoying designing and organizing the "space." I have been teaching for quite a few years and things like this get me excited about teaching all over again.