One of the reasons our school doesn't want our students using Wiki's is the fact that anyone can edit the material at any time. It is funny to me at my school because at one moment they don't want students using wikipedia and then they are encouraging them to use them. After reading further into Will Richardson's book in chapter four wiki's I feel I have a better understanding about the use of wikipedia in the classroom. Many of my students start their research at wikipedia. I've learned that this is fine, as a starting point. The next step is to encourage students to further their research.
FCPS is going more towards adding much of their curriculum and shared information on blogs and wiki's, but I never felt comfortable with attempting. It was really interesting that high school curriculum in South Africa is posted on wiki.
I find it great that free site use ideas are given throughout the book. I just don't know if I am comfortable enough with using them. When will I be comfortable and how do I speed up a process just to try it? Which class would be best to try it with? These are just some of the questions running through my head. Has anyone attempted using wiki's other then wikipedia in their classrooms?
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