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"Ways to use a Wiki"
Why would you want to use a wiki in a media center or classroom? There are many ways to use a wiki to collaborate with each other with ease. A media specialist could definitely use a wiki to their advantage. Teachers are always asking the LMS for recommendations on books that align with their current standards or websites that are appropriate for their age group they teach. A wiki could be created for teachers use and stored on the share drive at school. When a teacher/media specialist uses a book or website to help guide the curriculum they could enter the information on the website.
After reviewing Cobb County's wiki page I decided that in order for the wiki to work at its best there needs to be a format that is followed when entering the information. A "How To", page would let anyone editing see the requirements when posting to the wiki.
I would like to think that a wiki could be used in all levels of education, by all students. I have only used a wiki in courses at West Georgia, and have always had to be a group member to edit. After reading the first part of, " 7 Things you should know about wikis", and seeing that a lot of wiki's are open to editing by anyone was surprising. I believe that in order for a wiki to run with the least amount of errors or inappropriate language students would be required to use there login information to edit. This will hold them responsible for there actions. I do think that monitoring the website would be a large task that would have to be done daily and would take a lot of time for one person to check.
I have used a weebly page in my class for communication between myself, students, and parents. I could see how a wiki could help parents communicate with other parents in the classroom. They could upload any resource they are using at home for helping their child, and the other parents could use this as well. I think parents sometimes like to hear what others are doing outside of the classroom to help their children.
Hi Shea, I spoke with my mentor about wiki's and she told me Coweta County has prohibited them from being used in the schools for the very reason you spoke of in your post. There is no way to monitor them since anyone can change or post to them. She said they use a program called Edmodo in the school. It was explained to me as a Facebook for education type program. I like this format better than the wiki format. You have a profile and can post to your group page. I think a wiki for parents is a neat idea.
ReplyDeleteThere are times when I would like to open my website for comments and electronic sharing, but since my free time is non-existent, I do not have time to monitor the postings. I would not want to be embarrassed or held accountable for illicit or inappropriate content on my page. I want to be an instructional tool for all students and parents, so I will use wikis to enrich their classroom learning.
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