Assignment 9: Wikis

Wikis are a great educational tool for both students and for the teacher, as well. Teachers can use wikis with other classroom teachers, collaborating for classroom ideas, and for the school as a whole. They can offer their own ideas and opinions, and wikis allow for the other teachers to do so, on the same site. Another way wikis can be used is with parents of the students. Teachers can create a website, and open it up to parents so they are able to see what is going on in their child's classroom, and also collaborate with other parents as well. Teachers can also use a wiki for the classroom, and students can post their own ideas, projects created, or websites or tools they found useful to create a task during the school year, to share with the other students. I believe students being able to post their own ideas and findings to a wiki enables them to feel more significant in the classroom, and gets them involved in a very positive manner.