Our Group Wiki August 22, 2007

Wiki’s are a wonderful way of communicating with one another. They are similar to a blog, but not the same. The differences between a Wiki and a blog is that in a Blog you are the only one that can post to it, as i am doing now, and people can make comments on your Blog. Whereas with a Wiki you can have a group of people on 1 Wiki that can post at all different times, as long as they have the password and user name. As a requirement for this subject we have to create a Wiki, it is to be educational and have certain information on it. In saying that Wiki’s like Blog’s can have any kind of information presented on them, these can be very useful in the teaching world. Wiki’s can be used in the classroom, where you post links to some great information and the students have to find the information and post it to the Wiki, making it a site for just that topic. The Wiki can also be used later on in the year for revision for exams, or for a base of information for an upcoming assignment. This can be referred to throughout the year, and you won’t have to worry about students forgetting to bring in worksheets or books for a class, it can all be up on the screen in front of you.  In a  group work situation where students are always complaining that they are doing more work than the others, you can actually see how much work is being done, by who is posting the information. Also with it being online where everyone can access it, homework can be done without excuses and you can check how many people actually did their homework by accessing the Wiki. Here is a link to the Wiki we are doing for this subject http://soymocha.pbwiki.com/