TNFall09

//Hi Everyone, Welcome to our class wiki. This is a place to practice how wikis may work for you but of course a class wiki will be very different. Enjoy the experience and don't forget to initial your post because unless you have an account with wikispaces your post will be tracked as "guest" in the history area. (AK)//

Here's a quote from a teacher who is using wikis in his classroom:

"Because the wiki is a common space that anyone in our classroom can contribute to, it becomes much more than a set of notes, it becomes an evolving, communal collection of our knowledge and understanding that grows in depth and scope as our understanding does. It is collaboration in the true sense of the word. Where else can several parties contribute equally to the same idea be it right or wrong . It offers students the chance to share their learning with their peers and interact with their teacher through an online experience. Build upon our current state of technology, a wiki is a common ground where people are brought together by an idea or topic of interest. Wiki's can be a wonderful tool when used wisely. Students should be encouraged to voice their thoughts and knowledge on a given subject and know that their ideas will be accepted. Wiki's should be used both for sharing information and learning new information by the student.

Using a wiki in this way also allows students to determine the importance and validity of information. Over the last unit of study, students were forced several times to confront the fact that they had posted information online that was not completely correct. They were forced to revise what they had written and re - think their understandings. Sorting, validating, and exposing overwhelming amounts of information is a skill that simply cannot be demonstrated or practiced using text that is not electronic."