Wikispace+hints+and+tips

Wikispace hints and tips for teachers!

1. The major benefits for this wikispace technology is active participation and collabortaion, however the negative side is that there can be a rare issue with data loss and multiple revisions (students revising at the same time). A key strategy to avoid such issues, is to stress clear and consistent communication between peers and class members.

2. Use a communication page to send out an alert about when a student is altering and editing a document. This strategy will reduce document revisions at the same time.

3. The whole class, or the indidivualised wiki groups must agree on the ducments file name, before the document is saved. As a teacher, use this to your advantage, allows groups to agree upon a file name that is linked to the topic of study. This will create a stronger sense of collaboration.

4.Saving the original document on a protected or locked page so that it cannot be modified is also very important. Another option is to recommend students save the content of the document in word, therefore there are multiple copies of their progression and work.