It is fair to say that many approach the ability to share openly on the web with much hesitation. Once educated and armed with new knowledge a teacher is faced with some very serious issues as it relates to intial classroom use:
it leaves many to question what to do once I have finally made the intial step in embracing the use of wikis in the classroom. As it relates to the field of education Blooms' taxonomy serves as a map to accomplish the goal of allowing students to reach high order thinking. There are some prerequisites that are required before introducing a wiki to the class such as the ability to write and edit, process skills , self organization, openess and integrity. The teacher should then identify the purpose and the domain. After this is done the porject is ready to be kicked off, but not without a few roles and rules, as well as to determine how the students will be assessed. The assessment is usually done using a detailed rubric.
Reference:
West, J. & West, M. (2009). Using Wikis for Online Collaboration: The Power of the Read-Write Web. San Francisco, CA. John Wiley & Sons
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