David Black posted on October 06, 2008 15:10
I am a firm believer in the power of the wiki as an exceptional tool for 21st century learning. To that end, Wes Fryer has some good thoughts about how a wiki may be used in education. Here are his ideas.
I very much appreciate the built in accountability through wiki software. Someone vandalizes the page? It is easy to find out who did it, restore the page, and lock out the user. Student says that they worked on the wiki? The administrative tools show whether that is true or not. Need to limit viewers and/or users? No problem with the wiki tools. There is a great deal of administrative flexibility built in these tools.
In addition to Wes Fryer's ideas for wikis, I heard about a good wiki concept from Rob at Technology in the Lutheran Classroom. He mentioned that athletic directors at Lutheran schools are interested in using a wiki to record results, build standings, compile stats, etc. What a great use of this tool!
Could we add any other ideas to the list created by Wes Fryer? My guess is there are some faith-based ideas which could be established -- ideas which would get to the heart of the true mission of Lutheran schools. Feel free to share your wiki ideas with your colleagues as a comment to this post.