Why wiki?

 

 

 

 

 

 Web 2.0 ...The Machine is Us/ing Us

 

 

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My #1 reason to wiki with students:

 

help students build 21st Century information communication technology skills!

 

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Wiki issues

 

 

 

• student online safety

 

• anyone with access to the wiki can edit it (wiki wars)

 

• student vandalism

 

• copyright violations

 

 

 

What can I do with a wiki?

 

  

• use as a tool for collaborative projects 

   

• prepare students to write collaboratively in a networked environment
   
• easily contribute and edit
   
• easily monitor student progress and offer feedback
   
• observe the amount and quality of student contributions 
   
• use to draft collaborative documents

 

• quickly create project resource pages 
   
• host a poll

 

• use for classroom peer review exercises

 

• create a branching story  
   

• use for student portfolios
   
• use to focus classroom discussions 
   
• have younger students create dictionaries or vocabulary lists
   
  • add new words in alphabetical order as a unit progresses
     
• create a topical encyclopedia

 

• create a study guide for each unit of a course

 

• collaborate with classes across the country or the world
   
• create cross-age collaborations across a school district
   
• support meeting or inservice planning
   
  • individuals contribute agenda items and linked resources
     
  • use for note taking during the meeting
     
  • use as a planning tool following a meeting

 

• use wikis to encourage academic collaboration and dialogue among professionals

 

• use wikis as knowledge management solutions for your organization

 

 

Many of these ideas come from Wikis in the Classroom by Joyce Valenza

 

 

 

 

 

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