Posted in wikis on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Ideas for using a wiki in class
Math
* Students can share situations where they have used math in their everyday life. This may branch their thinking of why math is important! Examples could be using fractions when cutting up a pizza or cooking. * Students could provide step by step procedures, along with graphic illustrations, to [...]
Posted in wikis on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As with most new concepts, there are always people supporting it and people criticizing it’s capabilities. This is no different with the latest technological idea: Wikis!
Proponents agree that wikis offer beneficial research pages as well as a place for people to collaboratively offer support and opinions on various topics. Benefits of Wikis include:
Wikis provide students [...]
Posted in wikis on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wikis. What an odd name! But these oddly named pages are growing in popularity due to their unique charm of allowing the ‘common person’ to add their knowledge onto a public forum. So, whether you’re one of those people who has to constantly be ‘tooting your own horn’ with the widespread information you know or one [...]
