You know what I would like to see, someone’s blog failure. Typically, one doesn’t want to publish their mistakes, only successes; however, some of my greatest lessons learned have come from my failures or the failures of other teachers. I would like to see a list of things to avoid when blogging or making a wiki. The only things that I have come across so far are protecting the students from “the evil blogs and internet” and to have expectations/rules. What are some other things that didn’t go well and should be avoided?
I made a wiki for my class this year. I only let the students be readers, and I used it post information. Now I’m wondering what projects I could have had them post on the wiki. As a LMS, I feel comfortable helping another teacher set up a wiki, and the readings have given great examples. However, as I start going through each piece in my head of how to start a “well used wiki,” I quickly get overwhelmed.
The points about Wikipedia have been very interesting this week. I honestly didn’t know there were so many advocates of Wikipedia. I think I’ve turned a corner, but it is very challenging to take Wikipedia as a credible resource. This might just be one of those things that will take a long time for me to change my thinking. I’m open to it, but it will just take time.
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I agree that sometimes taking Wikipedia as a valid source is a hard thing to do, however, once I looked into things and discovered how much it is watched and if something inaccurate is posted it is quickly removed, I actually now have more confidence in using it as a jumping off point. At the same time, accepting this is no easy task and still using a critical eye when using this source is very important.
ReplyDeleteI also used a wiki for one of my classes this year and it was actually part of design project where the students had to create their own pages on the wiki and nobody outside of the class could get in. I actually chose wikispaces on purpose because I knew that the kids would have troubles with it, so that at the end I could make them think about how they dealt with their troubles with the website. One example of how we can take poorly working technology and use it as an example.
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