Wiki's are a very interesting and new (to me) technology. This technology really encourages us as teachers to use our higher level thinking skills and also to become better users of information. I have never had the opportunity to use a wiki before the past few weeks. I have had the opportunity to view www.wikipedia.com on hundreds of occasions. I always assumed that the information listed on the wiki was correct information placed on the site after the information was researched and found to be correct by a prestigious person with a Phd. I am not sure how, or if I would ever use a wiki in my classroom for my students? I do realize the benefits of my students having access to a wiki.
I have many wiki questions that I would love for someone to be able to answer for me:
Do any schools or districts that you know use wiki's for teacher leadership information?
Do you currently use wiki's in your classroom?
What are the positive effects to wiki's that you have found from using wiki's in your classroom?
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Wikis are new to me as well Jevonna. I always ASSUMED that the info on the wikipedia site was accurate...boy was that a shocker to find out that it could be edited by a 4 year old and posted for everyone to see. It just drives home the point that students (and teachers) need to be good users of information. Not everything that we find online is accurate.
I would love to create some kind of wiki site that the kids could use that would be more on their level. Something similar to wikipedia, but a kids version. Something written in "kidspeak" by kids.
The older kids in our building are using wikis, but I'm not too sure what they are doing with them. I do know that they are also using podcasts to share information with parents.
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