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Best Educational Wikis of 2011
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USING A WIKI IN K-8 SCHOOLING
Curriculum development
Pro:
- Access to many resources
- Easily shared among teachers, schools, etc
Con:
- Overwhelming
- Time consuming
Teaching
Pro:
- Tracking progress
- Instant feedback
- Can tailor to students needs
Con:
- Tech issues
Learning
Pro:
- Group Collaboration
- Flexibility (different work locations)
- Accessible to everyone
Con:
- Overwhelming to some students
- Tech issues
- Distraction
Assessment
Pro:
- Flexibility
Con:
- Hard for individual assessment
Other Uses
Pro:
- Accessible to parents
Con:
USING A WIKI IN GRADES 9-12
Curriculum development
Pro:
- starting new thread of information for others to look at
- open to more contributors than just students
Con:
- are you able to keep on track with the Ministry Curriculum with Student lead learning
Teaching
Pro:
- Net-etiquette
- Inclusive of all
Con:
- accessibility
- safety
Learning
Pro:
- creative
- engaging
- access to internet, wealth of knowledge to pull from
Con:
- Authentic information? How do you know?
- References are not needed
Assessment
Pro:
- constant feedback
- immediate/on going ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
Con:
- who did the work? I used someone elses login!
- how do we know they know! (internet access)
Other Uses
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USING A WIKI IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Curriculum development
Pro:
- can be edited by faculty and students
- collaborated with colleagues and other students
- syllabus could be multimedia
Con:
- students can change assignments
- too many changes can reduce value
- someone needs to keep organized
Teaching
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Learning
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Assessment
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Other Uses
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USING A WIKI IN THE WORKPLACE
Curriculum development
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Teaching
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Learning
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Assessment
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