Wikis+in+Education

=**How are wikis impacting education? ** = Wikis have had a significant impact on education. They are being developed for classroom use to communicate information, plan and manage projects, and collaborate on original content. Listen to what the experts have to say about wikis in education.  **EdTech Interview with** [|Victoria Davis] **and** Adam Frey :"Wikis--What Are They, and Why Use Them in Education?"  Click on the podcast logo link to listen in! ... Check out this great tool - [|Audacity], a free open source download that records, edits, and composes audio compilations. Make your own classroom podcasts today!

Approach 1: Student Journaling  Wikis enabled students to demonstrate proficiency  in writing, show understanding  of knowledge, and engage in meta-cognitive reflection .  <span style="font-weight: bold; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Approach 2: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Personal Portfolios <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Students had an on-line resource that enabled them to <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN; text-underline: single;">show growth and progress <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> in their academics and behavior. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Approach 3: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Collaborative Knowledge Base <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Student groups could contribute to a wiki site to <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN; text-underline: single;">develop a community of learning <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> based on common goals and objectives. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Approach 4: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Research Coordination and Collaboration <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Wikis <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN; text-underline: single;">allowed for collaboration <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> between multiple users who may not generally be able to meet due to constraints such as place and time. Sites became locations for compiling data and resources. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Approach 5: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">Curricular and Cross-Disciplinary Coordination <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">In order to <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN; text-underline: single;">accommodate busy schedules <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;">, wiki sites were <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN; text-underline: single;">an excellent resource <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Candara; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Candara; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: EN;"> for coordinating cross-curricular units, coordinating academic events and discussing important issues. <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">// source: "Teaching, Learning, and Other Uses for Wikis in Academia," // Campus Technology, 11/15/2005, <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">[]