Productivity+and+Collaboration

Productivity and Collaboration Owens and Davila... ...The "A" Team ﻿ Wet Paint...

What is Wetpaint?
 * A social networking service.
 * Another way to start up a wiki.
 * **Great for Education**
 * [] Shows great use of how Wetpaint can integrate videos and manage document attachments.
 * [] This wiki is used as a central meeting place to plan and discuss assignments throughout the school year.
 * lhsespanol.wetpaint.com This wiki was made for a Spanish class...Dav could maybe even learn from it.
 * artinyear9.wetpaint.com A place for students to find Art & Design project resources, info on options, a place to share research, knowledge & opinions on artists and artworks, it has an art blog. Student spotlight is a also big favorite.
 * [] Trying to pick up where Billy Joel left off in 1989. Work together to create the next three stanzas to the song.

Wetpaint is not just... 
 * Wet Paint is for the fanatical T.V fan. It is a blogspot for upcoming shows, thoughts on previous shows, spoilers, and the charecters themselves.
 * This website is merely for entertainment.
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While Mr. Owens and I have not started up our own wiki sites, we have some experience with working on a wiki site.

What can Wetpaint do for you?
 * Not a site for casual visitors but a way to involve the participant to a deeper level of thinking/learning.
 * Make communities private to prevent any outside distractions.
 * Continue an on going discussion even if distance is a problem.
 * A way to provide feedback in a timely fashion.
 * A way to send out going messages.

Expert Wiki Wizard....Russ Tronsen Interview w/class discussion [|www.badgerbaking.wikispaces.com]

Pluses of Wetpaint + + +
 * Continued discussion out of the classroom
 * A chance to have students use technology to shine
 * All students will be able to share their thoughts.
 * No more paper...Go Green!
 * Absent work no more!!!

Minuses of Wetpaint - - -
 * Access to computers at school
 * Access at home
 * Time factor in class
 * Is the web up or down
 * Problems with saving (Mr. Owens and his Wix site)