I recently have created a few Wiki spaces for other subjects throughout my university courses. This is one of the Wiki's that my group and I have completed: http://numeracygroup2012.wikispaces.com/
This table presents the positives, negatives and interesting
facts of having a Wiki for the classroom.
Positive
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Negative
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Interesting
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With no presence of a Wiki,
in a traditional classroom no student sees another piece of work by another
student which limits points of views by other people. With a Wiki students
are able to actively engage in collaborative learning both in terms of
viewing each other’s work and seeing the quality of other’s work.
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Does not have all the
functionality of word document – which students are used to and might not
understand ways around it.
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It connects the classroom
to people around the around which can brake stereotypes.
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By allowing students to
view and critique others work online in a Wiki they will be able to develop
higher level of critical thinking and being able to defend their views when
being critiqued by others.
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Open to SPAM and Vandalism if not
managed properly.
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Different ways to present
information.
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Students are able to build
stronger friendships through collaboratively working together through
education.
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Requires Internet connectivity to
collaborate, but technologies to produce print versions of articles are
improving
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Can share and provide links
to others along with videos.
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In a traditional classroom
students would be given the information and they would be required to report
on it. Being a Wiki and having access to the internet the teacher may have
encouraged students to find their own research on the topic in which promotes
connectivism.
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The flexibility of a wiki's
structure can mean that information becomes disorganised. As a wiki grows,
the community plans and administers the structure collaboratively.
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Wiki’s can promote
creativity because it is ‘their’ page and because they feel as though they
own it they will work harder to contribute to it.
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Allows students to be post
ready for university. This is because not only in universities but Wiki’s are
becoming increasingly popular throughout society.
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Students have a better
range of ideas to demonstrate understanding in different ways
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Students can work on this
particular piece of work at home along with communicating with friends and
the teacher at times.
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Provides a lot of responses
for classroom work e.g. Frequently asked questions will be answered here
instead of class time which will save time.
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A Wiki can be used for a
classroom discussion or debate along with sharing web resources.
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These reasons are evident enough to consider the incorporation
of Wiki’s into a classroom.
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