The Wiki Activity

Wiki is something I have never heard of or used before. Navigating the site was reasonably easy. Wiki is a great tool for collaborative learning and encouraging a flipped classroom. This type of activity would be very engaging for high school students. An ICT tool like this will engage students and encourage participation. This is also a great tool to monitor student participation. Although this is new and a little exciting for me I feel there are some disadvantages to this tool. It is very easy to edit or delete other comments. This way of posting unless structured like the six thinking hats could become very messy and off task. Using the six thinking hats provided structure and keeps their thoughts collected and on task. Wiki promotes a combination of constructivism and connectivism. Constructivism is promoted by relying on previous knowledge and understanding of a topic to comment and also to comment on others comments. It also allows students to put forward their own views and perceptions about a particular topic. Connectivism is promoted in wiki's by collaborative learning. Students need to create and connect with Wiki to provide feedback through collaborative learning with other students. Wiki's will be a prevalent ICT tool in my future learning experiences.