Tools/Wikispaces
Tool Description WIKISPACES (www.wikispaces.com) allows you to make a website like Wikipedia. The wiki 'concept' is core to sharing knowledge. You can write your own information pages and that doesn't mean writing a whole encyclopaedia. Unlike writing a blog post, where you would see people's opinions in a list below, what you type into a 'wiki' can be rewritten by others and edited mercilessly. (And that can be a measure of something very good going on in a class).
Your choice of topic could be as wide as providing notes for an entire course or providing a space for the class to record experience of a field trip. The general idea is the last person to edit a page thinks they've the last word - which may take some getting used to. 'Wiki-bullying' could happen, but with that in mind, you could encourage your pupils to collaborate(tool) by editing each other's work and so engage in peer assessment(ta). Incidentally, to help that collaboration, there are ways to have more than one person edit a page at once. (edit)WIKISPACES (www.wikispaces.com) allows you to make a website like Wiki(i)pedia. You can write your own information pages and that doesn't mean writing a whole encyclopaedia. Unlike writing a blog where you'd see people's opinions as a list, what you type into a 'wiki' can be rewritten by others and edited mercilessly. (And that can be a measure of something very good going on in a class).
Your choice of topic could be as wide as providing notes for an entire course or providing a space for the class to record experience of a field trip. The wiki 'concept' is core to sharing knowledge. But it takes some getting used to. There are ways to have more than one person can edit a page at one time, but the general idea is the last person to edit a page thinks they've the last word. Not so!
Teaching Approach. Encourage your pupils to collaborate(tool) and engage in peer assessment(ta) by editing each other's work (edit)
| Tool details | |
| Title | Wikispaces - make your own Wikipedia |
| Topic | [[Topics/Webdesign|Webdesign]], [[Topics/Wiki|Wiki]] |
| Licence / Cost / Platform | Web tool |
| Subject / Categories | ToolInfo, Wiki, Webdesign, Wikis |
| Teaching Ideas / Links | |
| Link | www.wikispaces.com |
A snapshot with some ideas from Wikispaces for using a 'wiki'
Preview image of the wikispaces web
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