Wikis+vs+Glogs

Student projects continue to serve the function of presenting students with diverse learning experiences and assessing mastery through the creation of a product. Historically, this product may have taken the form of a diorama or tri-fold poster. Digital tools facilitate the creation of rich, interactive online products.

sorts of embedded media || Visually appealing multimedia "posters" || -Embeds all major video, photo, and social media widgets -Have been around long enough for most of the "kinks" to have been worked out || -Very intuitive controls, students can "figure it out" by themselves pretty well -Students can embed images from URLs -Easy to print/embed/share || customization is applied -Difficult to monitor entire classes of students || -Very limited options for embedding interactive widgets from most sites -Sometimes buggy, especially on slower machines ||
 * ~  ||~ Wikis ||~ Glogs ||
 * ~ What? || Easily editable webpages that can include all
 * ~ Advantages || -Blank canvas that can become almost anything
 * ~ **Disadvatanges** || -Kinda boring to look at, until significant
 * ~ Samples || Human Body Systems Matchmaking 1  || Human Body Systems Matchmaking ||

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Wikispaces PBWorks These are (by far) the two best wiki services for education. Each is constantly adding new features, and they are fairly equal. Both provide ad-free spaces for no charge to teachers.

Edu.Glogster Register at this site (not the standard site) in order to get an educator account which allows you to create and manage up to 100 student accounts.

Human Body Matchmaking Portal page for sample project in which students could choose to create either a wiki or a glog. **