Wikispaces is a website primarily designed for social writing platform. This is not to say that it is only for Language Arts classes, because it is not. You can actually create an online classroom for your class, post assignments and assessments, and invite students to create their accounts so they can access their assignments via Wikispaces. Neat thing about this is you can also give parents access to monitor their child while using Wikispaces. All the activities involved with Wikispaces will require student interaction and writing as in commenting on each others' posts, blogging, discussion, etc.
The advantage with using Wikispaces is the fact that it is geared towards social writing via comments, posts, discussions, and blogging. This type of digital writing encourages students to use their creative thinking to respond to their classmates. In addition, it will allow the students the chance to express their thoughts through writing.
A disadvantage with using Wikispaces is the initial phases of creating your classroom. It was a bit difficult for me to navigate through the site, but as I took time to play around, it wasn't that bad after all. Just wished it was a bit user-friendly for a digital immigrant like me.
Here is the link to my Wikispace: https://benrayphand.wikispaces.com/-/Lattice%20Math/7th%20Grade/
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