Wiki – www.wikispaces.com
2. Main features
Wikispaces is a free user based website. What this website allows you to do is create your own public (or private if you choose) wiki site. A wiki site is a viewer/user edited web page, the most common would be Wikipedia. With wikispaces you can create and manage a site. You can also invite specific people to join in and use/edit the site to your liking.
3. Level of difficulty and time required for learning for people with basic/intermediate computer proficiency
On the tech-user scale of difficulty, 5 being a computer programmer and 1 being a basic 1st time computer-user, The level of difficulty is probably a 2. The site requires users to have an email account and have basic computer proficiencies. Because the wiki is edited by the viewer/user, they must be able to copy/paste, and be able to add hyperlinks and attach videos or pictures as they please.
4. (Potential) classroom application.
Wikispaces structure can handle hundreds of students working on projects together, from 12 different countries around the world. The wikispaces project was actually initiated in 2006 JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL purposes, as a way for students and teachers to collaborate on creating a single project. For this reason, its classroom application is A+
5. Is the tool worth learning? What for?
This tool is growing in the educational gossip. It is a powerful tool for learning that allows pure online collaboration. I have used this tool for several Masters projects which have all turned out an absolute success. The most valuable asset of this tool is it’s AD-FREE infrastructure. That means, no ads, or inappropriate mediating while working within the site.
Yeah, I love this Wiki space. Simple and easy to use and learn! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of working with people around the world. I remember when I was in grade school we had a sister school somewhere in Russia and the schools sent each other packages with cultural items. How cool would it be do do this same thing via a wiki, linking videos and images that exemplify each culture.
ReplyDeleteI am waiting for an interface upgrade from Wikispaces and better WYSIWYG page-building abilities bc I think it is needed but as an educational tool and the ease of use I like it.
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