The project was designed to be implemented with my two ninth grade study skills classes. The classes are taught to students who need to learn basic study, memorization, and organization skills. For the project, students are divided into pairs. They read and watch the study skills memory tips given on the website http://www.studygs.net/memory/. This website gives a list of seven mnemonics. Each of the groups works on a different mnemonic or technique. They then post information about their trick and their own original examples of their memory technique, using their English vocabulary words, on the wiki page created for this purpose. Each group then goes on the pages of the other groups in both classes to read and learn the examples of others and comment giving their own examples. The goals of this project are that students learn to use memorization techniques to study, students learn to use technology skills to learn concepts and collaborate online and that students will learn to collaborate with other learners.

The wiki gives the students a forum to express uniquely their learning of the techniques and enhances collaboration skills. The commenting/blogging gives the students a forum to express what they have learned from other students and enhances communication skills. My sample group seemed to enjoy a new way of learning and taking notes. They particularly liked being able to add their own images and personal touches. My hope is that my study skills classes will react similarly. In addition, I feel that another change that will occur is that I will seek to use this method to replace some of the other traditional ways that I was teaching concepts. For example, I previously had the students sit in groups to take notes on their assigned physics readings. I will most likely now replace that activity with students using wikis in groups to post notes on their physics readings. I will be actively seeking new ways to teach the same concepts.