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Welcome! This wiki is an exercise in wiki development required by a microcomputing course at the University of South Alabama. This is my first time to use a wiki, and I would like to gain familiarity with it, get comfortable with the features, and learn ways that I can use wikis in my work as an educator and media specialist.

I would like to request ideas for student motivation. I have taught school for six years and am now studying to be a media specialist. I've found that if students are motivated, they are so much more successful. There are many techniques of motivation. One simple one is quotes or sayings that can be shared or posted in the classroom. Another is to use humor. Anytime kids laugh they get into a more positive mood and are motivated. There are many great books that can motivate students. Visual learners are inspired by seeing films, pictures, and graphics. Other learning styles require other motivational techniques. I would like my classmates to please kindly share ways that you motivate students, or ways that a teacher inspired you in your school career, maybe funny stories, inspirational quotes, favorite books, or anything you think of to share that could be used as a motivational strategy in the K-12 classroom.