Wikis in Education
I thought I’d point you toward a few good wiki resources. If there are wikis I don’t know about, but should, please add them to the comments.
The Classroom 2.0 group has fantastic user community. (If you’ve never seen them you should check them out.) The users have created this wiki resource with resources for teachers looking to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Gold Star for Trina, who did a great comparison of Wikispaces and what may be my new favorite wiki software… WetPaint. They’ve created a site called Wikis in Education with good info on how others are using wiki in the classroom. If you’d like, check out the AnatomyWiki that was created using this software. (aka Anatowiki)
Finally, here’s a link to Stewart Mader’s book, Using Wikis in Education, that is if you’re old school enough to read a book. If you’re not, you can visit his blog. I’ve linked to an article that I thought was particularly good called The State of Wikis in Education.
Bonus link: The Facebook group for Using Wiki in Education.
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It’s great to see all of the different wiki software that is available. I recently read this article that compares three wiki engines including Mediawiki, Tikiwiki and Dokuwiki (say that 10 times!):
http://www.siteground.com/compare_best_wiki.htm
I am so blown away by all the options for Wikis. I do like the unlimited additions of pages, so each student can have a page. It is possible that I could create a class wiki page with locks on pages that shouldn’t be edited. I really liked the AnatomyWiki page and The State of Wikis in Education article was so full of information. I haven’t explored them enough to give any links to awesome wikis yet.
I didn’t realize that there are so many wiki options out there until I completed the comparison assignment. It seems like there is a good bit of competition in the educational wiki market. Hopefully this will increase functionality and encourage development of new widgets for use with students of all ages.
Wikis…I had heard about them and had actually used Wikipedia, but I had no idea just how powerful they could be in the classroom. I love the variety and options available. I guess I am old fashion, but if I create one to use with students, I will probably turn off the feature that allows students to edit each other’s work. I know that sounds like it defeats the the real purpose of wikis use, but for now I would want to make sure that every child contributes and feels as though every contribution is important.