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Teaching in Wikiland
Objectives:Introduce wikis and present • Wikis as information sources• Wikis as professional tools for
teachers• Ideas for using wikis with students
Yes but can I learn to use it?
You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min.There are several free sources for wikis.
Wikipedia:
Wikipedia is: • A free encyclopedia• Multilingual • Web-based • Written collaboratively by volunteers
Most articles can be changed by anyone Wikipedia has more than 3,210,000 articles
Wikis as Information Sources
Nature magazine carried out an expert-led investigation of Wikipedia comparing it to Britannica.
“The exercise revealed numerous errors in both encyclopedias, but among 42 entries tested, the difference in accuracy was not particularly great: the average science entry in Wikipedia contained around four inaccuracies; Britannica, about three.”
(Giles, 2005, 1)
Wikis as Information Sources
University of Buffalo professor Alex Havelis created 13 errors on various posts of Wikipedia. All were fixed within a couple of hours.
During the tsunami, Wikipedia was called “the most comprehensive source on the web.”
(Richardson, 2005,2)
Wikis as Professional Tools for Teachers
Wikis support collaborative projects by:• Teachers• School board members • Schools
.
Wikis in Elementary and Middle Schools
Wikis in upper elementary school have beenused for collaborative writing:• Class newspaper• Story telling• Poetry• Correcting teacher samples of writing• Classroom wikipedia
Other ideas for wikis:• Brainstorming• Group work
How might students use wikis?
• As information sources• As collaborative tools for group work• As an authentic reason to write and
read• As a way to publish and share work
Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis
Kindergarten:• How to type• How to use a mouse• How to paste a picture in a wiki ABC
bookGrade three:• How to edit a wiki• How to add to the class wikipedia
Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis
Grade 7:• Using wikis on a collaborative
project (A single lesson could be on respect in
wikiland)
• Evaluating wikipedia as a resource• Adding to wikijunior or wikipedia
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