On 19/02/2008, Andrea Forte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also important to make clear: Wikipedia != wiki. I think it is > particularly important for educators to understand wiki is a tool that > supports collaborative writing. Some teachers use wiki to support > student writing activities in software like moodle or externally > hosted sites and already understand this distinction, but you'd be > surprised how many people appreciate even this basic information. It > helps in understanding what Wikipedia is and how it works.
Yes... a separate presentation could definitely be "wikis & the classroom". But I feel less qualified to talk on that topic, compared to Wikipedia specifically. But I will make sure to make that point, that there are many ways of using a wiki besides Wikipedia. Thanks for the many links and references, I will dig into them soon. cheers, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
