The Assignment
On Friday, I invited my Debate class to join as contributors of the AAStaggDebate wiki found at Wikispaces. As I explained in my BP8 posting, I told the students that this would allow us to share, edit and collaborate on research for upcoming debate tournaments.
I was able to use the newly-activated student email accounts through our district server. Each student has an account which they can access from school or home using the same log-in procedure that they use to access the district internet.
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| The Invitation to Collaborate |
Prior to our class, I copied the list of email addresses from our records system, pasted the list into the email function available through Wikispaces, and sent a standard email message inviting them to join. I sent a copy to two of my own email addresses to verify that the mail was sent. I also checked with the district technology department to make sure Wikispaces was accessible for student use on our computers at school, and it is. So far, so good.
I went to class and gave the students their first assignment: 1) Register their student email accounts, which they had to do since they were recently activated; 2) Open the email I sent them from Wikispaces and follow the links and prompts to register as contributors; 3) Once on the Wiki, leave a post with their name and short message on the ease of making it through the process. The students had a few questions, but all seemed excited to try this out.
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