Using Wiki in Education
http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education
A Wiki is a website that includes the collaboration of work from many different authors. A wiki site allows anyone to edit, delete, or modify the content on the web. Another great feature of a wiki site is that it is capable of keeping track of previous documents as they are revised. Every time a person revises the contents of the page, that revision becomes the currents version, and the previous version is stored. This can be useful because the old and new documents can be compared side-by-side and students are able to edit them if it is necessary. Because the wiki is such a great tool for collaborating, it is becoming more and more popular in schools. It allows students to work together more easily than through e-mail. I know when I had group projects in school it was so hard to get everyone together at one time because everyone had different schedules. Through e-mails, information is scattered everywhere and there is not form of organization, making it harder to compile. The Wiki is not only useful for students, but for teachers as well. Through a Wiki site they can collectively form the structure and curriculum of a course. I found this article to be very useful. I have never even heard of Wiki sites until this assignment. It sure would have come in handy last year. This article basically covered it all. It also showed some courses in which Wiki sites were used...followed by blogs from teachers that used it. It also provided related links and demo videos to further explain. In this day in age, everything can be done on the internet, especially writing. Students are designing web sites, blogging, and creating wikis.
Here is a cute little joke from the article:
Q. How many Wiki people does it take to change a light bulb?
A. One, but anyone can change it back:)
An interesting fact:
The first wiki creator named the site after a chain of buses in Hawaii; Wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian.
2 comments:
Our articles were very similar. I also loved your joke! I think one of the things that struck me the most about your post was how it would simplify a group project. You are so right when you said how hard it is to get everyone together to try and complete a project. With everyone's different school and work schedules, this would be the perfect way to complete one paper, yet have 100% participation. It is good that you mentioned in your post that the original was saved. Not everyone will be pleased to have their original writing deleted or reworked. Sometimes in a group project, you may want part of the original person's writing. With it being stored you would be able to go back and get the original version back.
i think that we had the same idea that they are not very good sites for group projects. i think that joke was a good part of the article. its not fair when people have their articles changed all the time
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