A wiki is an online website that gives you the opportunity
to publicly display information either through text, video or music. It can be
used in many different forms for many different reasons including a personal
diary, an area for discussion or to simply present information of interest.
In an educational environment, students may be required to
participate in group activities, and because not all students study on campus a
system is required to help connect the students with in that group. Wiki’s are an
online website where you have the capability of communicating with your peers
by text, videos, pictures and music in real time. Pages can be edited and
viewed at any time (27/7) and restrictions can be set only allowing access for
members of that group to view/edit their information. Because Wiki’s have this large variety of
different capabilities, they are a useful tool for students and teachers in a
learning environment. Every student is as unique as their fingerprint;
therefore, each student has an individual, preferred style of learning. These
different styles of learning vary from visual (Spatial) learning, where the
learner prefers to use pictures and images as visual aids, to Verbal
(Linguistic) learning, where the learner prefers using words, both speech and
writing. (http://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/)
As you can see, wiki’s can be a very useful tools for
educators to teacher their students not only in the classroom but also over a
great distance. But when using the internet as a means of communication, there
is always going to be that element of online safety that needs to be addressed,
that’s why we, as teachers need to be aware of these issues and teach our
students the benefits of online tools and the dangers of internet misuse. (http://www.netsmartz.org/Safety/SafetyTips)
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