Final Project Reflection

For my final project, I created a Wiki-Based Strategy lesson. You can access it
by clicking here.

Here are my questions and responses.

Did you encounter any problems/issues with student use? Did students adhere to your guidelines? How would you rate collaboration and participation from your students? Please explain.


Due to the fact that the school year ended before I had this project completed, I did not have any students participate in this project yet. I did ask my friends through Facebook to view the wiki and give me any feedback they could, however the one friend that responded could not access it for some reason. So, I am just waiting for feedback from friends at this point and am ready to go live with students during the next school year.


How did your students react to this project? What is your reaction to this project? Please discuss any positive and negative reactions.

I really found this project to be time-consuming and I procrastinated because
I had some fear of creating a whole lesson that all the world could see and
edit if they’d like. That can be a bit intimidating. As for the process itself,
I found it fairly user friendly except that I needed to remember that the wiki
Space was not Microsoft Word and there were times I’d hit enter and lose everything I’d just typed. This got frustrating and there was no “Undo” button to get it back. I had to type a few things over and over again. Also, formatting text was quite tedious. Otherwise, however the ability to go and just start editing a page at will is set up fairly easily.

As the process unfolded in your classroom, did you find yourself modifying the project requirements/activities? If so, what types of changes did you make?

While the project has not gone live in the classroom yet, I am open to all feedback from students. In fact, I keep reviewing it and looking for more things I can add or change. Today, when I thought I was done, I added two more pages to my wiki space (guidelines and assessment,) and a you-tube video to help present information in a different way to accommodate varying learning levels. I can’t wait to see what my students say about it next year and hope they become invested in the collaborative nature of the project.

I will say that I love the fact that this is a living document and I think I may even be able to use it to help show students the editing and revising phase in the process of writing, too. I think it’s important to expose students to varying ways in which we could publish (using technology,) and how even when something is posted online, it does not have to be set in stone forever.

What would you do differently (if anything) in future years? Would you use wiki writing in your classroom again?

Next time I create a wiki lesson, I think I will include the students in the creation process from start to finish more. Perhaps toward the end of next year, we can collaboratively create a wiki-lesson that can be used for the next school year. It’s a great way to keep learning alive for years and years.

Any final thoughts, comments, concerns?

At first, I was afraid to do this. This project also overwhelmed me (mostly due to procrastination on my behalf,) but when I was finished, it was well-worth the experience. I may attempt one of the other projects so that I can get a feel for using multiple forms of technology with my students (perhaps I will take on blogging with my students next.)