I totally love this idea. I have all of my kids use Wikipedia for their little mini-research topics they do at the beginning of each unit. We talk about how we can update information and how important this is because information is constantly changing. However, I also have to caution them that some information may be incorrect.
Funny story...the lady I did my student teaching with was in her early thirties and very "up" on current technology and educational theory. When I tried to use information I found on Wikipedia, she freaked out. That information was found on the Internet and everybody knows that Wikipedia is not reliable. I had to show her that the information I had was the same information off of MSN Encarta. She still seemed very skeptical, but she let me use it!
I would like to use wikis to encourage more creative writing in my class. I think that English teachers get so bogged down with all of the analytical writing and compare and contrast, that we often forget to nurture the creative side of our kids. Wikis could do that for us!
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I think wiki's would be great in your english. For shy students like my self (ha ha) I would feel more comfortable writing online then having to read my writings out loud.
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