1. By: Maressa Eads Click on the arrow to begin learning about wikis in education!

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3. This article offers an insight on two of the most significant Web 2.0 tools, the wiki and the blog. Both powerful tools can be implemented in the classroom to educate students on the new literacy of the Internet era, as well as to strengthen their reading and writing ability. These two tools can overlap in many similar areas, and both have the option to protect users privacy. However, wikis are more centered on collaboration whereas blogs promote engagement. Since wikis in education is the focus, click on the image to learn more about wiki collaboration.

4. Wikis allow collaboration on a little or big scale. When you think about using wikis in the classroom, this would fall under collaboration on a little scale. In the classroom, teachers use wikis for group projects. Wikis permit approved users to add, revise, and remove content. Therefore, students can put their resources together to create their project. Click on the picture to learn more!

6. Most Web 2.0 tools are talked about in terms of their significance to the learning process. However, there are also principles that have been the objective of teaching at a variety of levels. This article discusses the effective ways a wiki can support and assist construction and collaboration. Click on the image below to learn about the ways wikis can support and aid constructed knowledge and collaborative writing.

7. Constructed Knowledge Students need to be able to incorporate what they have learned in class and be capable of applying it to related situations. The wiki can help by moving information to useable knowledge. The main purpose of the wiki is to provoke involvement at a level of input that will add to understanding and application of the knowledge, in hopes that it will allow for new knowledge to be produced . Collaborative Writing Wikis are used in education many times for collaborative writing. The wiki provides the site and tools for the students to work collectively on the their project. For collaborative writing to be successful, it relies on the contribution of several students. Click here to learn more!

9. When teachers use technology in teaching, there will always be challenges. This article discusses the challenges teachers may face when using wikis and presents ideas on how the wiki may be maximized to ensure a high level of engagement with students. Click on a challenge to look at the challenges teachers face when having students use a wiki as well as the advantages that go along with them. Once you have looked at all the challenges click on the arrow in corner of the page. “ Wikis can provide an effective context within which higher-level thinking skills and collective learning can take place, but not without careful planning on the part of the teacher.”(Reynard) I found this quote very useful, it let me see that if teachers do not engage in the process of using the wiki and creating a meaningful assignment it will not be an effective tool for the students to use.

12. Collective Knowledge Use: Learning Learning takes place when what is understood is applied in some meaningful context of use. Using a wiki based assignment can help show steps of growth in thinking, collaboration, synthesis, and application. However, when students are given non-complex problems, preset solutions, and inadequate time allowed for process, these obstacles do not allow students to perform at a high level of collaboration. Choose another challenge!

14. Web 2.0 tools, such as Wikis, can be powerful tools when they are correctly applied into the classroom. They can be used at a variety of levels, supporting constructed knowledge and collaborative writing. When using wikis, teachers need to maximize the wiki to ensure a high level of engagement with students. There will always be challenges when using technology in education; however, knowing some of the challenges that exist should help steer you away from problems.