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Posted Anonymously	wiki in class Apr 2 2009, 4:15 PM EDT \| Post edited: Apr 2 2009, 4:15 PM EDT hi there! today i tried to use the wiki for my second time (the first was yesterday) with another class. the first task was to think about a place, elaborate three points and write down one of them (each student had to write only one) on a list in a page. the task which was intended to be very fast resulted in a mess and in a wast of time as the words did not appear and some students typed the word on the same space. could you please help me in this? i do know that one learns by doing but i would like to do things that students would enjoy and today i felt they did not like the task. second point: i had put a video on a page. again, students had to think about some elements of that topic, write down 1 word in a list, watch the video/read a review of that video and come up at the end with one sentence, one opinion to share in the wiki but as it was difficult to have the points saved, they did not write anysentence either. the point is that they end up working ndividually, not collectively. have i used the wiki improperly!?? Post reply Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: None
gregorylouie	1. RE: wiki in class Apr 3 2009, 5:57 AM EDT \| Post edited: Apr 3 2009, 5:57 AM EDT Hi. I think you are on the right track. Give them something they like. The key to motivating teenagers to publish their work has to do with them thinking about their audience (other teenagers!). Regarding the second point, did the video have something controversial in it? I'm thinking that a video has to have either a high Wow! factor or has something in it that is truly remarkable (remarkable in the sense that it generates commentary.) Good luck. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
jutecht	2. RE: wiki in class Apr 3 2009, 7:50 AM EDT \| Post edited: Apr 3 2009, 7:50 AM EDT You're on the right track...here are some pointers. 1. Having more than one student at a time editing a wiki page is complicated. It can be done but I do not recommend doing this for your first lesson. Could the students write their word as a thread like you have done here? That way they can see each others thoughts and reply to them like @gregorylouie and I have to you. 2. Again I think part of the issue is having more than one student editing a page at a time. Maybe another approach would be to have them write there sentence as a thread to that video and then have a discussion in class over what each of them wrote, which sentence made them think or gave them something to think about that they hadn't thought about watching the movie. Just an idea :) Post reply Do you find this valuable?