Are you wiki-literate yet?
25/11/08 17:02
Do you use a wiki?
For those of you who don’t know what a wiki is yet - here’s how ‘wikipedia’ defines it.
A wiki is simply a page or collection of web pages designed to allow anyone who accesses them to contribute or modify content. So ‘Wikipedia’ is one of the first ‘collective websites’ - or wikis.
Wikis have proved to be very effective in building community websites where people can add stuff and engage in conversations and debate. Most businesses use them to create intranets or knowledge management systems. So they are everywhere even if you didn’t know it!
We heard of one secondary school principal - a member of the Coalition of 21st Century Principals - (more of them another time; this is a voluntary group made up of principals in the Waikato and they are doing some very exciting work). This one principal decided to set up a wiki while he was on sabbatical so that he could share what he was doing and learning in other parts of the world with the members of the group back in New Zealand. This was a huge success.
Some schools have set up wikis so that parents, students and teachers can swap information. One primary school lets parents know what is happening that week in the classroom. They share videos of class activities, and parents can add information too.
Imagine if wikis could be used more widely as a learning tool between students and teachers at different schools, for example?
Are wikis the classroom tool of the future?
For those of you who don’t know what a wiki is yet - here’s how ‘wikipedia’ defines it.
A wiki is simply a page or collection of web pages designed to allow anyone who accesses them to contribute or modify content. So ‘Wikipedia’ is one of the first ‘collective websites’ - or wikis.
Wikis have proved to be very effective in building community websites where people can add stuff and engage in conversations and debate. Most businesses use them to create intranets or knowledge management systems. So they are everywhere even if you didn’t know it!
We heard of one secondary school principal - a member of the Coalition of 21st Century Principals - (more of them another time; this is a voluntary group made up of principals in the Waikato and they are doing some very exciting work). This one principal decided to set up a wiki while he was on sabbatical so that he could share what he was doing and learning in other parts of the world with the members of the group back in New Zealand. This was a huge success.
Some schools have set up wikis so that parents, students and teachers can swap information. One primary school lets parents know what is happening that week in the classroom. They share videos of class activities, and parents can add information too.
Imagine if wikis could be used more widely as a learning tool between students and teachers at different schools, for example?
Are wikis the classroom tool of the future?
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