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Who Wants to Wiki?
Jana FlippinSpring 2010
What on earth is a wiki?
Simply put, it is a web-based collaboration tool.
Users may . . . “add content to a webpage on the fly,
generally with little or no knowledge of html coding
required” (Achterman).
You use an editing tool resembling most word
processing applications.Note the familiar features here.
What resources are available to students and educators on a
wiki?
Privacy options: a wiki may be either public or private, requiring a password for
access.
The teacher/author may provide syllabi or a project schedule users may access.
One way to accomplish this is found at Erik Myers’s wiki for photography education.
http://digitalimaging.wikispaces.com/
Spaces may be created for individual and group use.
Science class research, analysis of literature, studies of the environment, and research
of cultures in geography or foreign language classes, are a
few examples.
The teacher and students may also dialogue about choices and topics relating to their
research using the “Discussion” or “Comments”
page.
Students may also be led through a wiki creation process of their own, as Jennifer Hunt and company have done.
http://wandawiki.wikispaces.com/2008-2009+Literature+Circles
Concerns and Considerations
Students will require structure and scaffolding (Achterman);
do not let them jump in without a lifejacket.
What if a change made by a student is a problem?
The teacher can easily restore an earlier version of the page.
Works Cited
Achterman, Doug. “Beyond Wikipedia.” Teacher Librarian 34.2 (2006): 19-22. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text. Web. 2 May 2010.
Cornelius, Cawood and Terry Vest. “Spicing Up Spanish Class.” Learning & Leading with Technology (2009): 32-33. ERIC. Web. 2 May 2010.
Myers, Erik. “Photography Education in a Web 2.0 Classroom.” Knowledge Quest (2009): 36-38. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text. Web. 2 May 2010.
Moreillon, Judi. “Learning and Teaching in WANDA Wiki Wonderland: Literature Circles in the Digital Commons.” Teacher Librarian 37.2 (2009): n. pag. ERIC. Web. 2 May 2010.
