Re: [seul-edu] Reservations about Wikis: Site tools for Schoolforge

[Michael Hall <admin@openlearningcommunity.org>]

I hear about and see wiki all the time ... does wiki have a home page?
What lingo is it written in?

Michael


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Prevett, Larry wrote:

> > Ok. If I'm wrong, please point out how. My reservations about Wiki's for
> > curriculum are:
> 
> David,
> 
> I think your reservations about wikis come from some
> common misconceptions about wikis. I have found them
> to be extremely valuable tools for curriculum and
> curriculum development. As I mentioned in a previous
> post, I don't think a wiki is the best primary tool for
> Schoolforge, but I do think that wikis are an important
> tool to include in any educational package.
> 
> Rather than go on about it here, I opened a page in the
> seul-edu wiki.
> 
> http://www.seul.org:8080/wiki/edu/WhatGoodIsaWiki
> 
> Maybe any people interested in this topic could post 
> replies to the wiki page as an experiment?
>   
> Doug, is this ok? I don't want to suggest anything 
> that diverts the main content of the mailing 
> list. (Although for this thread that would be like 
> trying to divert a fire hose with one of those 
> little tiny plastic red straws ...)
> 
> L. Prevett
> Mathematics Instructor
> Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, US
> prevettl@cochise.cc.az.us
> 

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