Student Thoughts about their Math Wiki

Wiki is hawaiian for quick....so the story goes.  A wiki is a 'quick web page' - a place to create and share easily and quickly.  This is a blog post about the success of using a wiki for maths work...honest and grounded direct responses from the 22 students surveyed. 


http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/02/24/student-thoughts-about-their-math-wiki/
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Are you taking a “risk” as a teacher by “taking precious classroom time” to have students work on a wiki? Does this kind of “project” support the way students learn? Is it a tool that is/can/will help transform teaching?

As I thought of and suggested to my Middle School Math teacher to create a Math wiki for her Pre-Algebra, Algebra & Geometry students, I wanted to write down my Thoughts on Setting up a Student Created Wiki, and document the steps of Setting up and Introducing a Collaborative Student Math Wiki.

Read the rest at:
http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/02/24/student-thoughts-about-their-math-wiki/