- 1 The first and foremost recommendation for classroom technology use is simple but significant: always use technology with a purpose and goal.
- 2 Choose your technology. Will you get the most use from a wiki? Blog? Website? Group? Whatever you choose, understand that you are creating a virtual bookshelf for all of that information---grading notes, extra-credit announcements, links to excellent articles---you would normally print off and send home in the form of handouts. Technology will keep your hard work organized and accessible from virtually anywhere.
- 3 A wiki is the most open media, allowing students to fully engage by providing them an online forum where they can add agenda items and comments, attach documents, create work flows and more.
- 4 A blog also allows students to participate directly, but in the form of comments they can attach to particular blog entries. You may lock down a blog, allowing only students in a particular class to comment, and can also use a variety of custom settings to dictate who has certain permissions to add entries from week to week.
- 5 A website can sometimes seem like the least hands-on form of multimedia, unless students are creating and uploading to a site. Generally, websites are excellent for innovative demonstrations and presentations. Creating a custom website for a class couldn't be simpler with the many low-cost template options that allow you to name, add content and publish a site in minutes.
- 6 A user group is a way to manage assignments and data. Creating user groups takes little experience and requires only the email addresses of those you'd like to invite or add to the group. A user group will allow you to make an email announcement once rather then sending the same email to your students one by one.
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