I received this email from a Vice President at Wetpaint last week after he spotted our Wiki. Pretty cool; makes me proud of all the hard work my AP students have put into this project in the last few months. I just hope it’s having a positive impact on achievement on tests and on also on the upcoming AP Econ exams! Congratulations to my students for this recognition!

Hi Jason,I came across your blog post about your class using wikis and
Wetpaint. I’m really excited that you and your students have found it
to be a useful tool. This certainly was our hope when we started the
company – that through technology individuals would be able to
collaborate and learn together on the subjects they are most interested
in.

As you continue to use wikis and Wetpaint, we’d certainly
appreciate and welcome any feedback and suggestions to improve the
service.

Best regards,

Kevin Flaherty
Vice President -
Marketing
Wetpaint

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About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. Jason was an international school student in Malaysia before studying economics at Seattle University then earning his Masters in Education. He calls Seattle and Northern Idaho home. In addition to maintaining an economics wiki and this blog for economics student and educators, Jason also gives presentations on using Web 2.0 tools in education at workshops and conferences around the world. His economics wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards".

Related posts:

1. Our wiki WINS the EduBlog Award for “Best Educational Wiki”
2. Our Wiki is spotted by one of my favorite Econ professors!
3. Our Wiki – SAS Econ students help Mozambiquean Econ students learn!
4. More props for our Wiki!
5. Welker’s Wikinomics nominated “Best Educational Wiki 2007″! – go cast your vote!

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