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Classroom Use of Wikis - An Awards Page

Another use of a classroom wiki that I have come across is using one as an Awards Page or Hall of Fame. This classroom wiki has a Hall of Fame page for wikis and blogs from around the world, but I think you could also set up an awards page for student created projects just within your own classroom. I think is a good idea regarding positive reinforcement in a classroom through the use of technology.

For more ideas about using wikis in the classroom, check out this site: 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom . Some of these ideas are the common ones you hear about in workshops or other websites, but others were new to me and I think there are a lot of good ideas here.

WIkis in the Classroom - Collaborative FAQ

I am slowly warming up to the idea of using a class wiki after seeing a few things I hadn't thought of that might really work in a high school classroom or campus. One wiki I found actually has a couple of things that I liked. One is using a wiki as a collaborative FAQ section that the students can put together for new students in a school or class. This wiki shows how an english class made a student created FAQ section, although the link to that section does not work at the time that I'm writing this. I am still looking for a classroom that is trying this and for now, this will have to do. Not a bad idea, though.