This entry took a while to brew as it took me a while to warm up to the ideas of using wikis inside classrooms. After doing a resource wiki with the other math education people in our TPTE 486 classes, I saw first hand how resources can "multiply" when shared!
Wikis are great for sharing ideas and resources! A wiki that I found is International Academy's Wiki Gateway. This school and its wiki page are featured on PbWorks under their case studies section. According to PbWorks, International Academy started using wikis for music education and their wiki page has now expanded to include reading, math, sciences, social studies, and various other disciplines/organizations/services. The pages on the front page are created by the teachers for their classes and some are more "evolved" than others (contains more pages). In the pages that are open to the public, the teachers mostly post information and resources for their classes. There are also private pages that are only open to select members.
Overall, I like the idea of using wikis inside classrooms simply because of how many resources and ideas students and teachers can potentially create and share. It is a great tool to encourage everyone in the class to contribute. This can be especially true for soft-spoken and shy students like myself!
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