Wikis are going to be a great way for teachers and students to communicate with one another. Here are a list of ways teachers will be able to use Wikis in the classroom .

1. Provide a space for free writing      

 2. Debate course topics, including assigned readings     

 3. Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscript.     

 4. Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects  

 5. Require students to collaborate on documents, such as an essay written by the entire class    

  6. Discuss curricular and instructional innovations    

7. Encourage students to revise Wikipedia pages or take on new wikipedia assignments  

8. Inspire students to write a Wikibook                                                                                      

9. Support service learning projects (i.e. use wikis to build a website about a challenge in their city)

Teachers have a variety of Wiki websites to choose from. They can use Writing Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikibooks, and Teaching Wiki. Teachers will come across obstacles along the way. But, overall I think that using Wikis in the class will bring the class more together and allow students to learn together.

Companies are discovering a new and trendy way to communicate within the company. They are using Wikis, web pages that everyone can write and edit. Companies are using Wikis to collaborate with other companies to post and respond to each other’s idea. This summer businesses plan to extend them to customers and business partners to learn and expose mistakes to one another.

I think that Wikis are a great way for companies to share ideas. This allows people within the business to connect on a further level. I think that it will be great to extend Wikis to customers and business partners.

 I will be discussing Wikis througout this semester. The most well known Wiki is Wikipedia. I want to look outside of this well known Wiki and search for more low key Wikis. I want to learn how Wikis are being used among students, businesses, and communities. Wikis are a growing trend and I hope to expand my knowledge as well as my classmates knowledge on Wikis.   

I’m kind of new to blogging. This will be interesting!

Hi everyone! This is my first time to post a “real” blog. I’m new to this so I am still trying to learn how this all works. I am going to be discussing Wikis throughout this semester. I am looking forward to learning more them and sharing what I learn.  

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