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This afternoon I had the opportunity to connect up with a whole bunch of schools for a video conference from all around North Carolina put on the by the North Carolina Connectivity Council.  It was really cool.  We could see all of them and they could see us.  There should be an archive [...]

21 Aug, 2008

Online Reading & Writing with Wikis

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Teacher Tools| Web 2.0| Wiki

Taught by Edward F. Gehringer from NC State (Associate Professor of Computer Science)
Advantages of Wiki’s

Co-editing: Howework done on wiki’s promote collaboration between students
Co-assembly: Different people can contribute different parts
Write more than a traditional word document
Don’t have to worry about location and version (it’s all online and available)

Pitfalls

Other’s can “deface” wiki pages (bots) – Precreate [...]


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Jeff - I am an Instructional Technologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I love Google, Mac's, and Web Technologies that help us better reach, teach, connect, and prepare students to solve the world's greatest problems.