I had heard of the term Wiki before, but really didn't know what it was. I knew students had used Wikipedia to find information and I knew that the information wasn't always 100% accurate. The video provided a great explanation on how to use a Wiki and it doesn't sem to be as hard as I thought. It makes life a lot easier rather than sending lots of emails, you can create a Wiki page. The video said it is as easy as creating a word document and rewriting it and you use the two tools of edit and save. Once someone edits it and saves, it is there for the next person to view it. It's as easy as that!! I think that I would like to try a Wiki this term in the classroom as part of an English activity where the children are building on a narrative and adding to it. We are studying rainforests this term as well and I could somehow link it to that, even when we research a rainforest. Any ideas anyone??
How can Web 2.0 assist in improving learning outcomes for all students?
When children are enjoying what they are learning, they achieve better results. The children love using the computer any time that they can get. Children these days have been brought up using computers and they are so good at using them. I hate to say this but a lot better than some teachers!!! They are starting to teach themselves how to use specific tool that are useful to their learning like accessing the Internet, searching and copying and pasting information, they can even teach other students or the teacher a few things. We as educators need to keep up with learning these tools because we don't want to limit what the children can do. I think this Web 2.0 course, has opened my eyes up to the learning tools out there to use in our classroom and to implement as many in the classroom as possible to cater for differing needs of the children.
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