From the days of the USENET newsgroups to the present, users of the Internet have attempted to create spaces where knowledge on specific topics could be pooled and shared. Wikis are a powerful tool in this quest for knowledge spaces.
I think it would be great for a history or science teacher to set up a wiki for the class to develop over the school year. Students could be assigned to add, update and edit over each unit and the final product could be viewed as a study guide. With the ability of the teacher to see what each person has done, it would be another assessment tool.
Another interesting use would be to create a dictionary for ELL students. As the students came across a word they didn't know, it could be added to the wiki. Students could be assigned to add examples or sentences using the word. The teacher could add academic words (analyze, contrast, etc) for the students to use as a reference tool.
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