On 19/02/2008, Andrea Forte <andrea.forte(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Also important to make clear: Wikipedia != wiki. I
think it is
particularly important for educators to understand wiki is a tool that
supports collaborative writing. Some teachers use wiki to support
student writing activities in software like moodle or externally
hosted sites and already understand this distinction, but you'd be
surprised how many people appreciate even this basic information. It
helps in understanding what Wikipedia is and how it works.
Yes... a separate presentation could definitely be "wikis & the
classroom". But I feel less qualified to talk on that topic, compared
to Wikipedia specifically. But I will make sure to make that point,
that there are many ways of using a wiki besides Wikipedia.
Thanks for the many links and references, I will dig into them soon.
cheers,
Brianna
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