Using Wikis in the classroom is a great idea. I learned that the word wiki comes from the Hawaiian word "wiki wiki" meaning something fast, which is something that can happen when people collaborate to write about a subject. I knew about Wikipedia, but I did not know that teachers and libraries were creating and using wikis.
The site that I found the most interesting was the educationalwikis site that has an accumulation of teacher's wikis. One of the teacher wiki's was a Spanish classroom's project about insects. Each of the students collaborated information, pictures, and videos about one insect with the help of their parents and teachers. Another wiki, the flatclassroomproject, was created by students from schools in different countries of the world (US, State of Qatar, China, Australia, and Austria). Their teachers organized the students into groups and they learned and reported on different aspects of the internet in the wiki.
I love what you found about how to use Wikis. I came across a classroom Wiki that was in another language. I find it so interesting that people all over the world can use Wikis to communicate ideas with one another...no matter the language!
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