Web Site Review - PB WiKi

Website Review One
PB Wiki
I selected this site because I was curious as to the features that PB Wiki contained. It was recommended by the instructor as a good site to view.

PB Wiki appears to be a user friendly site. I’ve received a couple of informational E-mail from individuals regarding the sign-in process and also about the web address for materials that are available for educators. Click on that Website site and good information comes up.

Three main thoughts regarding it are listed below.

 It handles information for school districts for free.
 It creates accessible storage areas for instructors.
 It encourages students to use the PB Wiki website outside the classroom.

When the PB Wiki is compared to Blogs and forums, it offers many more features that are available to the user. Of special interest to me was the availability of having others edit your writing. Every edit change is recorded. I have noticed there is an edit side bar. Other features include creating a classroom, a syllabus, group projects, and as a template.

A short slideshow hyperlink was made available to encourage other school staff members to use the PB Wiki. Over a hundred thousand instructors are already using it.

Reflections: My son, John, did one section of his student teaching at Spearfish High School, South Dakota in the business department where every high school student has a computer. He said their school uses a program called “Moodle” which I suspect the school district pays for. The laptop computers can be a nuisance John says because at times the students are checking their E-mail and blog sites at inappropriate times. He indicates having the students place their computers on the floor helps when the lesson is not dealing with using a computer. He would rather see a mobile lab laptop computer “checkout system” where the computer could be brought into the room in a cart when needed.