A wiki is a collaborative online website that allows multiple users to enter and edit text or information. Wikis update asynchronously as users input information. As Chris Penna states in this video, a wiki is "a multiply edited, always evolving webpage".
Advantages of Wikis
Wikis are a great way to get multiple students engaged on one site. Students can take ownership of researching and disseminating information in a centralized location. Wikis can have embedded widgets.
Ways that Wikis Can Be Used in the Classroom
Wikis can act as a centralized location for a class project or a class resource. Students could create their own study guides for an upcoming assessment. In the past, I had students create an online French grammar wiki to review for their end of course assessment. I used pbworks.com for the French grammar wiki. Personally, I have found having a spreadsheet or table via Google docs works better for a whole class collaboration of more than three users.
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