How-to video: creating secure student web sites using EditMe
Brief synopsis: A wiki allows teachers to create editable web pages, which are housed on the wiki classroom web site. Some wikis, like EditMe, have a user pages module, which integrates the individual web page feature for other users of the teacher's classroom web site. The user pages module empowers students to create multiple web pages. All student web pages are neatly maintained in the teacher's online Content Management System, so any class assignment, placed on the wiki web page, can be quickly located and graded by the teacher.
Benefits: A wiki-hosted classroom web site with individual student web sites empowers students to place virtually any class assignment in a secure online environment. Secure wiki web sites allow teachers in a digital classroom to assign activities, projects and class discussions within the safe confines of the teacher's online Content Management System. Paper can be eliminated with the use of a wiki classroom web site. Students love working on their own web pages.
Drawbacks: There is a learning curve in creating a wiki classroom web site with secure student pages. Internet access is required. Most wiki hosts have a small monthly hosting fee.
Conclusion: The how-to video above is used in an online course, The Paperless Classroom; it demonstrates how to create secure student web sites and web pages, using the wiki host EditMe.
