I was introduced to wikispaces over 2 years ago and was amazed ate power a wiki has. I viewed several wikis and decided that it would be in my best interest as an educator to create one to use in my classroom. I was excited to see that I could use a wikispace webpage as a place to hold a wealth of information and assignments that I could electronically give to my students and they could access them anytime. I was enthused with the fact that I could also use the site to showcase student work for other students and parents to see. The only hurdle that might stand in the way of using my wiki would be lack of technology or lack of internet service for the students at home and sometimes with in the school. Removing the hurdles would be worth the fight, but in order to remove these hurdles the student must be equipped with some kind of technology device that would allow them internet access. I teach students from poor economic and social backgrounds that have limited technology in their homes. Some are able to access the internet by cell phone and some have computers but these barriers are hard ones to remove.
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