Wiki! Wiki!
The enjoyment of learning process to me is that I really feel I learn SOMETHING NEW. Indeed, taking this course is definitely a journey of pleasure, because I can always know something new every week.
Though the word “Wiki” is not really new, I know few about that. I remember that Kim talked about using “Wiki” as a Web-based teaching strategy. In talking about the authenticity of online information, I mentioned “Wikipedia,” which is a collaboratively edited “encyclopedia.” From that time, I began to know how “Wikipedia” is named. However, before I try it by myself, I am still not sure what it would be like.
In this week’s learning, I visited the websites recommended one by one. Several links don’t work. My impression is that I only see some “Wiki” pages full of words in small fonts, in plain design with few images. Some of them even look like a clutter of words. Probably because I have never used it, “Wiki” is still a fuzzy idea.
I get one essential idea of “Wiki”: collaborating writing and editing. Everyone involved can be an editor to perfect the collaborated work (Maybe the work can never be “perfect”). So, who will be the “everyone” entitled with the right to involve? Anyone who has access to the server? In a class environment, should it be only the class members or some others the teacher permits? In explaining the definition of “Wiki” in Wikipedia the problem of “vandalism” is mentioned. I guess I would let my students edit our “Wiki” other than anyone else.
Of all the websites I visited, I am impressed by one about “pros and cons” of “Wiki” for class. I think I can use “Wiki” in teaching writing and each student can gain experience as an editor and be responsible for our writing projects. Anyway, these “pros and cons” should be considered before the new experiment.
Dr. Dawson mentions that it’s the first time to create a class “Wiki” and she also views it as a “risk.” I’m glad to join everyone to take this risk. What I get must be very different from what I think before I kick it off. Hopefully, our class will be wrapped up with a “brilliant success”!
“Wiki”! “Wiki”! Just do it!
Though the word “Wiki” is not really new, I know few about that. I remember that Kim talked about using “Wiki” as a Web-based teaching strategy. In talking about the authenticity of online information, I mentioned “Wikipedia,” which is a collaboratively edited “encyclopedia.” From that time, I began to know how “Wikipedia” is named. However, before I try it by myself, I am still not sure what it would be like.
In this week’s learning, I visited the websites recommended one by one. Several links don’t work. My impression is that I only see some “Wiki” pages full of words in small fonts, in plain design with few images. Some of them even look like a clutter of words. Probably because I have never used it, “Wiki” is still a fuzzy idea.
I get one essential idea of “Wiki”: collaborating writing and editing. Everyone involved can be an editor to perfect the collaborated work (Maybe the work can never be “perfect”). So, who will be the “everyone” entitled with the right to involve? Anyone who has access to the server? In a class environment, should it be only the class members or some others the teacher permits? In explaining the definition of “Wiki” in Wikipedia the problem of “vandalism” is mentioned. I guess I would let my students edit our “Wiki” other than anyone else.
Of all the websites I visited, I am impressed by one about “pros and cons” of “Wiki” for class. I think I can use “Wiki” in teaching writing and each student can gain experience as an editor and be responsible for our writing projects. Anyway, these “pros and cons” should be considered before the new experiment.
Dr. Dawson mentions that it’s the first time to create a class “Wiki” and she also views it as a “risk.” I’m glad to join everyone to take this risk. What I get must be very different from what I think before I kick it off. Hopefully, our class will be wrapped up with a “brilliant success”!
“Wiki”! “Wiki”! Just do it!
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