Wiki, Hawaiian for 'fast', is a page or collection of pages on the web that are designed so that the reader(s) can modify the content. A written community effort for what ever that topic may be. Anyone who access the wiki page has the ability to edit the information with add-on's or corrections (we hope) without having to use special programs or software.
Wiki's are making their way into the classrooms now, too. Some teachers find that they are a useful tool for students to work collaboratively with other students as well as teachers. Students can use wikis for journal work, on-going class projects, surveys, or track progress of projects.
I have my reservations about using wikis in my classroom. I think it's something that I could use for somethings, but not for research purposes. I don't trust them enough as far as facts are concerned. Even the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, discourages the use of his site to students because the information shouldn't be trusted as 100% fact.
www.wikipedia.ord/wiki/Wiki
www.chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1328/wikipedia-founder-discourages-academics
5 comments:
I completely agree with your reservations for a wiki's credibility. Though people who describe wikis say that they are much different from blogs, I kind of disagree. They seem incredibiley similar, other than the fact that only one person has access to a blog. It makes me wonder, what the point is if you cannot rely on the information.
I agree also i dont see why we use these things if the information can be changed to be false. I would only use wikis are some group project or grammar lesson. I never knew that about wikipedia, either. That was a really interesting article great job!
Hi!I agree with a lot of the points you made! I Didn't know what wikis was either! Your article was very informative! I also found wikis similar to blogging.It would be very hard for me to fully trust information found on wikis! I believe a lot of the information found on them may be more opinion then fact. I think future research will introduce them to classrooms more. I enjoyed reading your article!
I agree that wikis are useful for blogging or journal reports. However, I also feel that wikis do not contain 100% of useful information. Wikis are available for any person to change the information provided to make it false documentation. I don't think that Wikis should be used in the classroom for research projects and was glad to see that the founder of Wikipedia agrees that not all information on Wiki is true.
Hawian for "fast" that is funny. that was a good point you braught up about thier not really being a check to see if the information is correct or not. Plus this way that wikis are not creditable but most poeple think they are.. that is the biggest deal with these wikis in my opinion. good blogg!
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