Why+use+a+wiki?

Why use wikis, blogs and other social networking tools?  Have a listen to this short Podcast entitled: //What is Web 2.0 and how is it impacting on education?// "Students are increasingly becoming familiar with using social networking and other interactive web services such as Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube. This phenomenon has important implications for educational institutions as students increasingly expect such services - or at least aspects of such services - to be mirrored in the delivery of courses." [|Podcast link]

What is a wiki? What better way to find out what a wiki is than go to the biggest wiki of all: [|WIKIPEDIA]

http://snurb.info/files/Wikis%20in%20Teaching%20And%20Assessment.pdf The educational use of wikis

What is a blog? What is the difference between a blog and a wiki? How is a blog useful in education?

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What is social networking? media type="youtube" key="6a_KF7TYKVc&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425" This video from Commoncraft may help explain. **Have you been "ninged" lately?** This is a great list of social network sites specifically for education: http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/  //  "An introduction to the potential of social   // //   networking sites in education" http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=etc08  //  A paper presented at the University of Wollongong "Emerging Technologies conference 2008" by S.Griffith and L.Liyanage It gives a brief overview of Facebook and Myspace. It was interesting to note that Facebook began at Harvard as a way to connect its faculty members. It also highlights how some universities are using Facebook to link their student groups. The benefits of SNS are mentioned and a study by Tynes (2007) states benefits of SNS "includes the facilitation of identity exploration, provision of social cognitive skills such as perspective taking, and to fulfil the need for social support, intimacy and autonomy. The “social spaces” available to people can enable a more personalized experience for learning in an online environment."

**How will all of this help the 21st century learner?** Blooms Revised Taxonomy is  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 70%; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">the redefined work of one of Bloom's former students, Lorin Anderson, working with one of his partners in the original work on cognition, David Krathwohl. These thinking skills have now been redefined to incorporate ICT.

diagram taken from: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy

<span style="COLOR: rgb(7,8,7)">A link to examples of wikis in education: [|Edutopia]