Does anyone have suggestions for using them? Specifically I am interested in:
- how do you make sure the info is accurate
- how do you make sure all the students are contributing
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Wiki Love?
The use of wikis as a tool in education is growing rapidly. Is it a "good" tool? I think it has its uses, but I also see some problems. There has to be accountability for the content that is posted. There seems to be the potential for misinformation being posted and learned by others. This directly contradicts the objective, but it may be unavoidable.
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wuz up? you posted similar questions/concerns to my recent blog posting (great minds think alike?)
in some aspects, using a wiki or blog activity w/stdnts is not much different than traditional "group projects"
one way to help reduce "slacker-i-tus" is to have the stdnts evaluate each other, then if someone on the team hasn't been giving his/her best effort & relying on the other stdnts to produce & do "all the work" the responsible stdnts on the team should give the slacker stdnt a "low score" or "bad grade."
most stdnts will be "fair" and "honest" and most wouldn't put-up w/someone being a detriment to the team's success
Well, I'm not sure what county you teach in...but they are coming to Fairfax County in April on Blackboard. I am sure the lesson plans & ideas will start flying once they are available through a safe site (blackboard).
Those are pretty good questions that you asked, and they SHOULD be asked! I don't know of any specific wiki sites that do this off hand, but maybe there are some that you have to log in with a user name and when you leave a post, it leaves your name with it, eliminiating anonymous posts. This could be useful in your classroom.
Good questions! I wonder if you could give points for people who find errors and correct them. I think that who does what shows up in the history of the site, so that is where you could check to see who is contributing.
I have to say - thanks for the input on my website - but hate blogs and don't want to mess with them too much... :)
I would like to have students conduct research and present for peer review. After making final revisions, I would have students post on a wiki. After students have become "experts" on a particular topic, they will also be better consumers of information on that topic and can assess the quality of other posts. Starting small and building upon knowledge would be a good way to introduce and monitor students' use of wikis. I can also see this working well as an interclass or interschool jigsaw activity. Students might like comparing notes a la wiki with students from other schools. Our scope and sequences have gotten so tight that it should be pretty easy to coordinate.
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