As a secondary teacher in the mathematics and scientific fields I can see a huge potential for students to engage in collaborative learning using a wiki page. In science there are many opportunities to explore curriculum topics. Many of these topics can have a wide range of cultural, social, and environmental consequences and opinions that could be explored and discussed using this type of forum to broaden students thinking and views on scientific knowledge and their understandings of the world as a global community. This could be scaffolded by using an Expert Jigsaw or a SWOT or a PMI framework. In Mathematics students may use a wiki page to discuss a current topic. They may use it purely to clear up any misunderstandings, or to embed a YouTube clip that explains a process or concept in a different way than the teacher, or to add links to mathematics sites that they have found interesting or helpful. Students may also be able to use a wiki to work on a group/individual assignment.
A Wiki that I have created for this course can be found at http://elearning2011style.wikispaces.com/New+eLearning+with+wiki
Wikis that I have participated in for this course include: http://fahe11001flex.wikispaces.com/Communities+of+Practice
http://fahe11001flex.wikispaces.com/Mobile+Phones+Wiki
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