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It's been quite a year! Our STEP team had moderate success the first year, and I was hopeful that we could build on our small achievements and enrich our instruction and engage students more meaningfullly in their learning. Blackboard was the site of choice in the past for educators to make courses for their students, and interact electronically. Not so this year. Our Science team had decided that this years sixth grade students would present their STEM Fair Science projects using PowerPoint. When I learned about WIKISPACES I saw it as just the tool we needed. Students could then "work' on their Science projects at home by downloading their PP from the WIKI site and add digital pictures, narrative, etc. Our judges for the STEM Fair were impressed with the students' work, and 4 students went to MICCA with me to present our project. For the rest of the STEP team I hoped that they would use WIKISPACES to have their students upload writing, pictures, etc. in an effort to communicate effectively with students in schools in other states and/or countries. This is a work in progress. I am enthused about using Podcasting in the coming school year, along with VoiceThreads.