Ways to use wikis in Education

from http://www.susanbcline.com/eduwikitorial/classroomwikis

• Provide a space for free writing

• Debate course topics, including assigned readings

• Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscripts 

• Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects 

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

• Discuss curricular and instructional innovations

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

• Inspire students to write a Wikibook

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

More ways to use Wikis

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

 “A great tutorial about what a wiki is, why to use wikis in education, and how to use wikis in education.”

http://www.classroom20wiki.com/

 “This site is devoted to building resources for the classroom and professional-development use of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies.”

Article: "Pedagogical Implications for Blogs and Wikis in Higher Education"

http://quality-instruction.blogspot.com/2007/04/pedagogical-implications-for-blogs-and.html