Wiki

Before CEP 416 I had never used a Wiki page. I really did not know anything about them, but I had heard about it a few times and that is why I decided to research Wiki pages for my choice week. I think it is important to note that Wiki pages are free. I also read that teachers really believe that it increases learning because students love using it because of the use of technology. Every student in a class has the ability to edit and update their class Wiki page. The students and the teacher can post any sort of link and even Google docs. When I am a teacher, I know that I want to use Google docs with my students so that they do not waste paper printing off copies and handing them in. With Google docs the teacher gets an e-mail from each student so I think that could get confusing having about 25 different e-mails, that is why I want my students to turn their Google docs in through Wiki. That way all of the assignments are in one place and I can easily access all of them. 

Some ways that students can use a classroom Wiki page is to set up ideas for projects, share links, share assignments, and portfolios. If you want your class to interact with each other the Wiki page is a great way to do that. A big advantage to a Wiki page is that students can save their work at school and if they have Internet at home, the student can get their work and continue working on it or show their parents. One disadvantage to the Wiki page is that only one person can edit it at a time. It is hard for every student to get his or her work on the page by a certain day if only one person can edit it. That is why it might be a good idea to set up certain times where students can put their work up.