“Spaces” is here and we are REALLY excited about it! “Spaces” is Wakelet’s brand new organization and collaboration feature. In this blog post you’ll learn:
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💥What are Wakelet’s “Spaces?”
💥How to Create a Space on Wakelet
💥How to Add Members / Contributors to Spaces
💥 12 Ways to Use Wakelet Spaces
💥What are Wakelet’s “Spaces?”💥
Wakelet’s “Spaces” is an organization and collaboration feature that is built directly into the Wakelet platform. With just several clicks, users can create a “space” to house content to be shared. Now users with lots of collections in their Wakelet accounts can move content around into a Space that is applicable, keeping everything tidy and clean. Collections can be moved into a Space by hovering over the collection icon and clicking the three dots, then “Move Collection.”
💥How to Create a Space on Wakelet💥
Creating a “Space” on Wakelet is simple and can be done in just several clicks. To get started, follow these simple steps:
Log onto your Wakelet account
On the left hand panel, click the “+” sign located under your profile picture.
Edit / change the image and the name, then click “Create”
Your Space is now visible on the left hand panel under your profile picture
💥How to Add Members to Spaces💥
Collaboration within Spaces is easy! Here’s how you can add members to start collaborating with your Spaces collections:
From a Wakelet Space, click on “Members”
Click on the green “Invite Members” plus sign
Share the Spaces link, code, or QR code with your students / colleagues
💥12 Ways to Use Wakelet Spaces💥
Here are some ways that you can start using Wakelet Spaces in your classroom:
Virtual School Supplies: Create Spaces for virtual school supplies that the students can use. For example, create a space for Math manipulatives where students can find links to things tools like: base ten blocks, hundred chart, number lines, etc. Click here or the image below for a FREE collection of virtual student supplies that you can add for yourself!
Planning with your Team: Create a Space for each subject where you and colleagues can add content to be used when teaching / planning lessons. You can have multiple profiles listed as contributors or editors, making it easy to collaborate with your team.
Group Projects: Educators can create a collection, then share the collection to students working together in a group. Students can add content to the group project, and the educator can easily monitor the progress.
Student Portfolios: Create a Space for each student and allow them to add content that they would like to share. Share the link with families to open the window to the classroom! (Tip: the URL of collections never change, so the portfolios can be bookmarked by families for quick access)
Easy Differentiation: Our current favorite way to use Spaces is for delivering differentiated content to our students. Create a Space that meets the needs of a student, or group of students. Then, create a collection for your subjects. When your students log onto the Space, they will be able to view what has been shared in the Space. Additionally, you can allow them to add content by enabling collaboration. If you have several groups who are close in regards to their instructional needs, you can copy collections and then move them into multiple Spaces - that way you won’t need to recreate your content from scratch for each group.
Units of Study Collections: Create Spaces for each of your units of study. Build the content appropriately, but be sure to invite your students to help. Providing this creative outlet pushes the creation > consumption mindset.
Formative Assessments: Build your end-of-the unit assessments by creating Spaces for each. The ability to keep them organized is convenient for educators and enable collaboration is an engaging way to assess your students.
Newsletters: If you’re working in an asynchronous scenario, it may be beneficial for families to have access to older newsletters in addition to the most recent. Create Spaces for each month where families can find your past (and present) newsletters.
Science Experiment Comparisons: Group your students and create a Space for each group. Provide an experiment for your students to complete, and have your students added as contributors to the Spaces. Then, the students can compare their results with their group. Before completing the assignment, share out the results from the other groups’ Spaces so that all students can compare to the rest of the class.
Professional Learning Umbrellas: Create separate Spaces for platforms and add content to each. For example, if you’re looking to learn more about Microsoft Teams, create a Space for it and then add the content to keep it organized.
FAQ Spaces for Virtual Families: Just like the professional learning umbrellas, create Spaces for various apps. Build “how-to’s” for each app, and then share with your classroom families so that they can troubleshoot through any potential issues that they may run into.
Integrate with Microsoft Teams or Google Classroom: Educators can easily share a Space into Microsoft Teams or Google Classroom. From the Space’s front page, click “Share” where you will find the share link. If you’re using Google Classroom, you can share it directly from Wakelet. Microsoft Teams users (for now) will need to copy the URL and paste it in Teams. However, there could be an update coming soon that would streamline that process. Stay tuned!
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