User:Prawstho/WikiIntro

Why Wikis Rock!?!

Introduction to Wikis (30 minutes)

• A fathers online search for his daughters name.
• History - Ward Cunningham developed the quick-web so people could quickly share and record ideas, this became the wikiwikiweb
• Discuss and create concept maps of;
  • What are great about Friendships !?!
  • What makes knowledge / Information / Learning great !?!
  • How do these two come together?
• Your use of Wikis
  • What is great?
  • What sucks?
• Wikis as a Public Service
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • WikiEducator, Curriki, WikiVersity, Etc...

Wiki Quality (15 minutes)

• Discuss what is good writing, information, etc...
  • Draw a line (bad report at one end, really good report at the other)
  • gather ideas for what make a good report
  • gather ideas for what make a bad report
• The collaborative nature of wiki quality
• Tie writing discussion back into collaboration and wiki quality
• Show wikis history pages, describe how the wikis history shows level of quality

History flow (5 minutes)

• Discuss the edit / revert cycle in relation to wiki quality
• Discuss Wikipedia's dispute resolution policy
• Show and discuss history flow graphics

Q&A (5 minutes)

• As students entering into high school, why should wikis matter to you?