Comments on: Wikis in Education

By: imriek

imriek — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:57:39 +0000

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.

By: denisekhenry

denisekhenry — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:31:42 +0000

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.

By: burnworthedu

burnworthedu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:14:56 +0000

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.

By: Mrs. C

Mrs. C — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:24:18 +0000

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