tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post8874623114050273169..comments2024-02-08T04:15:53.399-06:00Comments on Why Not Blog?: Wiki writersDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200732104876804746noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-2146585901198817312009-05-26T11:39:54.071-05:002009-05-26T11:39:54.071-05:00Help us get our new wiki off the ground. We need c...Help us get our new wiki off the ground. We need content writers. The new wiki is www.wikiflooring.org<br />Thanks,<br />wikiflooring.orgHardwood Flooringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888174192583303931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-38764909614332046622008-03-18T15:09:00.000-05:002008-03-18T15:09:00.000-05:00Well, Robert, as it turns out, students from the c...Well, Robert, as it turns out, students from the class read this blog, so maybe they'll shed some light on that.<BR/><BR/>I do think there were some shifts on this after I had someone come to class to show us what she had done with a wiki (a cool project on a Native American trickster figure). I think part of the problem with editing wiki entries that others have created is feeling like they don't have the expertise. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong!)<BR/><BR/>And, Jon, your reflections are very instructive. Asking students to edit entries in Wikipedia is no small undertaking--it's a peer review process, really. I have to say--I had no idea myself about all that! <BR/><BR/>Some students in class are in fact setting up there own wikis, apart from Wikipedia. So there's a difference there, both in terms of feeling a kind of ownership of the wiki and in terms of removing the outside review process (even though that seems like a pretty interesting learning process, all on its own).Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200732104876804746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-81231103884468920432008-03-18T10:39:00.000-05:002008-03-18T10:39:00.000-05:00I reckon you might be interested in these reflecti...I reckon you might be interested in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbmurray/Madness" REL="nofollow">these reflections</A> on using wikipedia in a course. Your thoughts would be welcome.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637452970276655064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-12024105603087834682008-03-17T09:13:00.000-05:002008-03-17T09:13:00.000-05:00Hey Donna,What do you sense is the cause for resis...Hey Donna,<BR/>What do you sense is the cause for resistance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-47810165469914593192008-03-11T04:13:00.000-05:002008-03-11T04:13:00.000-05:00Nice informative piece. It will be great if you ca...Nice informative piece. It will be great if you can also publish your content in SiliconIndia, as I am a member of SiliconIndia, I am sure your piece of information will really be helpful for most of the members.<BR/>http://www.siliconindia.com/register.php?id=T49I1Fh5Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631137874279331833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-40984892384236825432008-03-10T21:58:00.000-05:002008-03-10T21:58:00.000-05:00Yes, well. That assumption is only just now beginn...Yes, well. That assumption is only just now beginning to be brought to light at my university, too. But it looks like headway is being made. (But how about this: a writing course isn't writing intensive either!)<BR/><BR/>Cool project you've got going, all the same.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200732104876804746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-54481345271882531872008-03-10T19:36:00.000-05:002008-03-10T19:36:00.000-05:00"The wiki. It *is* writing."Ah, but tell that to t..."The wiki. It *is* writing."<BR/><BR/>Ah, but tell that to the administrators. I'm teaching <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Murder_Madness_and_Mayhem" REL="nofollow">a course in which students have to write wikipedia articles</A>, but only courses with traditional essays count at my uni to be considered "writing intensive."Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637452970276655064noreply@blogger.com