What are wikis? For a great video explanation via youtube, click here.
A wiki is a webpage that you or any one else with access can log on and contribute, edit or update information. On a busy wiki page, the content is continuously changing make it an environment where a community comes together to discuss and broadcast their views. Ward Cunningham, who created the first wiki software in 1995, named them after the quick wiki wiki shuttle buses at Honolulu Airport in Hawaii.
Wikis can be used to generate and organize online collaboration between students who are working on the same learning task, eliminating the need for face-to-face meetings. Students can change, edit, revise and correct their work at different times. Their prior work will always be saved and their new work timestamped and cited to a user name of their choice.
With wikis in use, a teacher can better assess an individual student's contribution to a group assignment. You are able to assess the finish product as a whole in conjunction with the amount of input each student made. This will help a teacher inform future instruction and plan intervention for those lacking understanding. Differentiation is made easy with wikis as it can be completed privately and without difficulty on the web. In addition, collaboration is encouraged between large and small learning communities in the classroom. Students will have pride in their work. presented on the web and as a collection of the ideas of the group.
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