Wiki Research

I ,like many other students, have been told not to use Wikipedia for projects because if is unreliable. This is not necessarily true. Most of the information that is found on Wikipedia is true, though it may be outdated. Not only are wiki's good for finding information they are also good for collaboration. In school we use email and Google Drive in order to collaborate but what if we just used a wiki page instead? Things like study guides, virtual field trips, and peer editing can be easily shared on wiki. It is a lot easier to share documents through a wiki because it is public. Unlike Google Drive, a wiki page does not have to be shared in order for someone to see and edit it.

Teachers can even post notes on wiki. In core classes, like English, Math, History, etc., someone who is absent that person can easily access those notes from home. Also it may be easier for student who are in class because they can get anything they may have missed if they weren't paying attention. In language courses teachers can introduce exploratory projects. For example if the class is learning about a certain country, the whole class can share the information they find on it in one page.

In this class we can use wiki's for many thing like sharing data, links, and collecting feedback.For example if someone wants feed back on their blog, this is an easy way to collect it without using a survey. Also if we all want to collect data on one subject, we can collaborate on a wiki page.

Like many others, I only have experience with wiki's when it comes to research. Many don't know all of the power that wiki's hold. They are a lot more easy to use Google Drive and email. If teachers were taught how to use wiki's in a classroom, students would have an overall better learning experience.