Wiki Research

Wiki can help teachers create lessons and present to their classes. For example, for a History teacher who gives handouts of notes, they can place the notes in a wiki and have the students refer to that page to get the notes. Teachers that give study guides can also post them on a wiki. This allows the student to not have to worry about losing the papers they need and they can refer to the website to access the pages they need whenever it is necessary. A wiki can also allow students to work together collaboratively in one place. This can also help when students study together in groups or are revising each other's essays. Students can also create their own notes or summaries on wiki and make it available to send to the teacher or to other students.

One of the most beneficial things about using a wiki would most likely be the collaboration abilities. A wiki provides all the information necessary all located in one spot. By being able to have multiple editors different aspects of the work can be seen. For example, a student who is studying for a test using a wiki may not be able to find each detail needed, however, another student who collaborates may have found that missing information. A wiki can help find missing details needed because of the ability for multiple people to edit the information.

In this class specifically we can create a wiki giving a description of the class and a list of some of the topics discussed. The wiki can also contain the various links we use during class and some of the classes thoughts about taking the class. Comments on the class could help show what needs more explanation or what the class could improve on. By using a wiki, the whole class could collaborate on one single document, and see what others write as well. For a quiet class, like this one, many of the people who have responses or ideas, but do not want to speak out during class could share their ideas on the wiki.

I have experience creating wikis, however, I have used a wiki before. I haven't used them often for school, but I do use them to look up quick information on a TV show or on a band/singer.