Beyond Text Books

Beyond Text Books is a new internet application which aims teachers to have a huge access of information. It enables them to teach different concepts in a large number of ways due to the fact that teachers share their ideas to the other teachers which help them have a plenty of good and meaningful lesson plans. It is through this internet application also known as collaborative wiki that teachers have the opportunity to share their creations. Teachers usually use this tool to share with their school, but they also have the opportunity to share with teachers’ from all around the world.  Despite the fact that it is beneficial for teachers, it is also plausible to say that students are the first persons that can benefits from this tool since their teachers expose them to a variety and exclusive lesson plans. Therefore, students are amazed to see a variety of wonderful activities.

I think that this tool offers a great help to teachers concerning the fact that it reduces their workload. Despite this latter, it offers to students a meaningful and unique way of learning. I think that the use of collaborative wiki is a good way for teachers to improve their teaching approach.

Sze confirms that using collaborative wikis in a classroom can be very interesting since it contributes to the students’ development into a meaningful way.

Kovacic, Bubas & Zlatovic provide e-tivities that students can experience to make their learning efficient. “Various types of e-tivities could facilitate vocabulary learning, the development of writing skills, the collaboration of students, peer-to-peer learning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving.”