Wikis

Engagement Activity 3: Creating a wiki 

This is the link to my wiki.  http://stgersbach.cquniversityschoolofeducation.wikispaces.net

I followed the online instructions and it seemed to be rather self explanatory   I opted for the CQU wiki instead of a private one, and spent most of today exploring the tools and deciding on the content to put on it.  

In the previous engagement activity, where we had to discuss the use of mobile phones on a group wiki, I thought the wiki layout to be messy and rather unappealing to the eye.  However, looking back, it was easy to gather all the relevant information, and rather than having everyone's different views sorted by person, having it sorted by the scaffolding of de Bono's six thinking hats made it a lot easier to read and comprehend.  You can read my views on the activity here.  The wiki worked for me as it was correctly scaffolded.  However, a wiki which is not scaffolded well, could end up being rather messy and disastrous.  

I used my wiki space to introduce "Wordle" to my viewers.  With hyperlinks, it was easy to credit and source the online references that I used.

Using the scaffold of Bloom's Taxonomy, as seen below, we can see how wikis can be used to support, enhance and facilitate learning.

I had to first create a basic wiki page.  Then evaluate how I can use it to my advantage, and what to put on it as content.   Then, I had to analyse the data before applying it onto my personal wiki.  Before that, I had to make sure that I had a sound understanding of the technology needed and had to keep learning as I went along.  Finally, I used tools to help me remember these steps, and a great example of this tool is the wiki as well as Wordle.

Source:
http://www.mtlsd.org/mellon/teams/ironbrigade/bloomsdigitaltaxonomy.asp