What is a wiki? Sometimes showing is easier than telling so here is a short film from Common Craft. It’s about planning a camping trip. Watch and then imagine the classroom possibilities.
What is a wiki anyway?
September 13, 2007 By 1 Comment
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I should think you could use wikis to have students comment on a book or a poem or some reading that they were doing for homework. Or if they had to plan some project together and were not in the same place at the same time. How do schools use wikis?