Comments on: Comment on post 1688 http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/comment-on-post-1688/ The Read/Write Web in the Classroom Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: http://www.helpaboutcollege.com http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/comment-on-post-1688/#comment-673 http://www.helpaboutcollege.com Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:15:14 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=941#comment-673 <a></a>I have been debating on which to add to my site www.helpaboutcollege.com to allow students seeking college degrees to share information. I have looked at both a wiki and a blog. which would server them the best I have been debating on which to add to my site http://www.helpaboutcollege.com to allow students seeking college degrees to share information. I have looked at both a wiki and a blog. which would server them the best

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/comment-on-post-1688/#comment-672 Tom Hoffman Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:16:55 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=941#comment-672 <a></a>My experience (and I do have some actual experience with wikis at our school) has been that teachers like wikis simply because it allows them to easily make new pages and add content. Like everything else, it would take a constant push to get people to actually use a wiki consistently. It would pretty much need to be someone's job... Wikis also take a lot of gardening. Constant pruning and reorganizing. That also needs to be someone's job. The collaborative aspect of wikis is conceptually difficult for teachers to grasp and dicey in the political structure of a school. At best you end up with inline comments, which ultimately have to be edited into the text of discarded by the gardener. My experience (and I do have some actual experience with wikis at our school) has been that teachers like wikis simply because it allows them to easily make new pages and add content.

Like everything else, it would take a constant push to get people to actually use a wiki consistently. It would pretty much need to be someone’s job…

Wikis also take a lot of gardening. Constant pruning and reorganizing. That also needs to be someone’s job.

The collaborative aspect of wikis is conceptually difficult for teachers to grasp and dicey in the political structure of a school. At best you end up with inline comments, which ultimately have to be edited into the text of discarded by the gardener.

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/comment-on-post-1688/#comment-671 Tom Hoffman Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:18:33 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=941#comment-671 <a></a>My experience (and I do have some actual experience with wikis at our school) has been that teachers like wikis simply because it allows them to easily make new pages and add content. Like everything else, it would take a constant push to get people to actually use a wiki consistently. It would pretty much need to be someone's job... Wikis also take a lot of gardening. Constant pruning and reorganizing. That also needs to be someone's job. The collaborative aspect of wikis is conceptually difficult for teachers to grasp and dicey in the political structure of a school. At best you end up with inline comments, which ultimately have to be edited into the text of discarded by the gardener. My experience (and I do have some actual experience with wikis at our school) has been that teachers like wikis simply because it allows them to easily make new pages and add content.

Like everything else, it would take a constant push to get people to actually use a wiki consistently. It would pretty much need to be someone’s job…

Wikis also take a lot of gardening. Constant pruning and reorganizing. That also needs to be someone’s job.

The collaborative aspect of wikis is conceptually difficult for teachers to grasp and dicey in the political structure of a school. At best you end up with inline comments, which ultimately have to be edited into the text of discarded by the gardener.

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/comment-on-post-1688/#comment-670 Tom Hoffman Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:18:24 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=941#comment-670 <a></a>My experience (and I do have some actual experience with wikis at our school) has been that teachers like wikis simply because it allows them to easily make new pages and add content. Like everything else, it would take a constant push to get people to actually use a wiki consistently. It would pretty much need to be someone's job... Wikis also take a lot of gardening. Constant pruning and reorganizing. That also needs to be someone's job. The collaborative aspect of wikis is conceptually difficult for teachers to grasp and dicey in the political structure of a school. At best you end up with inline comments, which ultimately have to be edited into the text of discarded by the gardener. My experience (and I do have some actual experience with wikis at our school) has been that teachers like wikis simply because it allows them to easily make new pages and add content.

Like everything else, it would take a constant push to get people to actually use a wiki consistently. It would pretty much need to be someone’s job…

Wikis also take a lot of gardening. Constant pruning and reorganizing. That also needs to be someone’s job.

The collaborative aspect of wikis is conceptually difficult for teachers to grasp and dicey in the political structure of a school. At best you end up with inline comments, which ultimately have to be edited into the text of discarded by the gardener.

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