While at the Tri-State Best Practices conference last month, the most interesting panel I attended was the one on teaching with technology. I had spoken earlier in the day about wikis, so I was interested in seeing what others would do.

Rich Lauria spoke on wikifying your classroom

More than a blog, less than a CMS
Can do things Blackboard cannot
Wikis organize your work
A lot of attendees interested in paperless syllabus because students lose them
I am interested in getting them info immediately
In other words, if it is Saturday and we don’t meet until Wednesday they need and deserve access even if they lost it.
Rich uses PBWORKS too
Some debate about whether wikis should be viewable by all or only logged in students
Every semester I have a number of students who show my eng101 wiki to their friends to help them with their work

Maria Schrita from Hudson CCC up next on using Youtube in classroom

Students can view Youtube at home or their convenience
Using short youtube videos to intro debateable issues

Jessica Fargnoli from Bergen speaking on using audio/video captures in the classroom.

This is something I would like to do more of in the future.
84% of internet users download or watch video
Echo 360 is a popular software
A lot of people in the room curious about why you would publish student work publicly versus privately