Wiki Work

   Over the past two weeks I have conducted an experiment to evaluate my experiences with reviewing, editing, and monitoring and Wiki page, a page on Wikipedia.  The page I choose to monitor and edit was on Dame Schools under the username TaceyM.  Overall, the process of editing and monitoring this specific page was rather boring.  I edited the page, which notifies all previous contributors unless otherwise changed, and waited two weeks for nothing to happen.  From speaking with some of my fellow classmates who choose various topics in education, culture, etc., the experience seemed to be fairly similar.  I think to get the full affect of the "collaboration" part of the Wiki, you have to contribute a lot.

Highlighted sections are my changes to the Wiki

  
   In terms of using Wiki pages in the classroom, I think it would have to be saved for only very specific scenarios, much like a GoogleDoc.  However, I feel like by using GoogleDocs, a teacher will be able to see specifically what each student contributed to the work.  In a Wiki document, I'm not sure how well you would be able to get this information.  Additionally, working with the "Wiki Speech"while editing was a bit complicated.  I'm not sure I would have enough time in the classroom to explain all the necessary information needed to properly edit the document while allowing time for students to actually edit.