How can we use wikis in education?
- Use wikis to write ordinary books that teachers can use, print, copy, and improve. See WikiBook?.
- Use wikis as a tool to allow persistent knowledge accumulation (copies of old exams, answers to questions, comments on courses); the smallest unit can be a single class, the largest unit would be an entire school.
- The tool is transformational course material. First, wiki can provide a presentation alternative to powerpoint or other media; then, it can be edited in class by the group (student makes insightful comment, teacher adds info to pages) or student adds additional reference or information. Finally, if online, it serves as notes to refer back to. Potentially, the next year of the course could continue to develop the course material.
This page is about using wikis in school.
- Wikis can be a simple content management tool for teachers, allowing them to create webpages with text material and excercises for their students with very little effort.
- Wikis can be an environment where students learn how to use web technology while doing something as simple as handing in their homework. Slowly they get used to writing structured text and linking to other pages.
- Wikis can be a playful environment where groups such as classes or clubs get to maintain their first online presence.
- Wikis teach students about SoftSecurity: How to lead people to collaboration and constructive behaviour.
What kind of projects are available?
- Start writing one of the books?
- Write a 5-20 page brochure (on a wiki?) for teachers to use. This brochure must target teachers and the pedagogic lingo they expect.
- Write a course program for wiki school. See WikiSchool Basic Course.
- Helping students to understand complexities of issues, current events, really anything. Have them do a class research project in which the class brainstorms topics and decides on one then they brainstorm different angles to think about the subject. Those go into a hat and then each student gets a topic of the subject and has to write about it.
Some wiki already related to education:
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