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Making Wikis Work For You
-- Fast
Dr. Lesley Farmer
California St. Univ.
Long Beach
Criteria for Choosing Technology Teaching Tools
Content Authenticity Ease of use Versatility Relevance Interest Constructivism Assessment
Wiki (wiki): Fast Web
Collaborative web pages without markup language knowledge
Started in 1995 by Ward Cunningham (sitting at the airport wanting to make a web page fast…)
More than Wikipedia
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
Wiki Features
Anyone (permitted) can edit (history kept) Insert text, images, sound, video, links, pages Tags Frames/sidebars Email/RSS feed Export Statistics Levels of privacy
Choosing a Wiki
By objectives: what you want to accomplish By features By ease of use www.wikimatrix.org to compare Popular wikis: pbwiki, wikispaces,curriki,
seedwiki, mediawiki, pmwiki, socialtext, xwiki,twidi. wetpaint
Skills, Knowledge, Dispositions
Knowledge synthesis and generation Communication skills: Writing, media Collaboration Information literacy Technology literacy Organizational/management skills … and student engagement
Uses
Knowledge management Group projects Point of view study Planning (learning activities, units, grants) Lists/bibliographies Literature circles Text commentary Case studies
Wiki as Peer Review Tool
Management
Student comments/peer review Monitor use – and delegate Responsible use (history tracks) Use of tags