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= Why Wiki? =

Why Wiki?

It allows others to contribute what they know. That can make your page better! Wiki is unique because the users define for themselves how their processes and groups will develop. More complex meetings and planning is easily supported by Wikis. This wiki tool is the latest and greatest interactive tool.

Anybody from all parts of the world can share their ideas. It’s a masterpiece created by great minds around the world.

I think that it would really help groups that are working on a project. Students would be able to create pages for each part of the project and work together at school or at home. The need for constant emails or meetings would be eliminated.

Wikis offer the opportunity for multiple people to collaborate while taking notes. Participants can then continue the dialog once the group has separated. Why wiki?

In the foreign language class, we could use wiki to gather information from Native speakers about culture (invited participants), ….(3rd example)

Wikis for the classroom and student clubs is a great tool for collaboration and brainstorming. My students can coordinate their class projects more easily or even decide when/where to meet for study sessions before a test or an exam.

Wikis also is a great application for my club; the president can come up with a tentative agenda and other officers/members can contribute their ideas. Instead of constant emails about events everything can be updated on wikis for parent and student use.

Wikis are fun and new for classroom use. It allows to the students to interact outside of the 4 classroom walls.