When most people hear the word wiki, it's often accompanied by pedia. Wikipedia is a type of wiki that is widely used and known among most people. Wikipedia is also at the center of controversy in schools. There is a debate over the use of wikipedia and whether or not students should be using it. Wikipedia should be viewed as one of the greatest collaboration projects and a great starting point for any research. Students can learn so much from this model of collaboration.
Wikis are a way in which students can collaborate with each other and with other students and classes. Wikis are a form of online collaboration, which means it can be accessed anytime. Students can collaborate from the classroom, the library, or at home. Students can create wikis to display their research on a topic or as a review. Wikis link to other pages and documents and can be user controlled. Access to wikis can be determined by the author and different people can have different roles. This makes class projects via wikis very easy and safe. I think if wikis are used in the right way, they can become the next model of collaboration in the classroom.
I'm curious - Have you used them in the classroom? If so - how was the experience. If not, do you plan to do so in the future and how?
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