Wednesday 13 February 2013

A report on 'Wiki in Plain English'

This video is presented by Leele fever Commoncraft. The video'Wiki in Plain English' provides information about the use  of  wiki in our daily life.There are 4 friends in the video. They are planning for a  trip. In the video it  shows that mail is very outdated way for communication and coordination. They can coordinate trip better with the help of latest site wiki. In the mail, all information will be gathered in the inbox only and will not help in coordination. The video shows a short explanation of wikis and how it can be used to coordinate a group.It shows the function of wikis. There are three important buttons which are essential for wiki which are 'Edit' 'Save' and 'Link'.   The group of wiki can edit the information and share with their friends easily.
They can create the list of essential items and also find new and different location for their trip. A wiki can create the world's biggest encyclopedia. The video shows that we can start wiki from three sites: wwwpbwiki.com, www.wetpaint.com, www.wikispaces.com.

I think wiki is very useful site for editing and  saving the information. It allows its users to edit, delete and save the changes. It helps the students to learn faster and better that in the traditional classroom. It helps the teachers to design the collaborative  task for their students. Wiki offers an opportunity for educators to explore their ideas.

The teacher can give various types of activities on wiki. Here is an activity that can make the students  use the wiki. The teacher post a starting of a story on wiki. Then the students have to post the further story by their own. The students can make the story and can also edit the story of other students. They can comment on the other students' posts.
This kind of activity can develop the students' critical thinking and the students can get individual's opinion and different story. They can learn the language with commenting, editing and saving. The students' contributions to the wiki also led them to become much more reflective in their learning.
 


5 comments:

  1. Sheetal, I like your report and your activity is also interesting. Done well...

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  2. Excellent work!!! you have designed good activity. Through this activity students will learn the importance of cohesion and coherence. Good!!!

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