Last night I looked at many of the educational wikis and then I started searching the wikis and blogs that are being used in scientific research. I had just heard on NPR yesterday that many researchers are now using these resources to communicate their work instead of waiting until it is completed and ready to publish. This was something that I had not looked into yet so I searched for the molecular biology wiki and there it was. Fascinating reading (of course it was limited as to who could add to it).
Then I started finding other wikis and another hour went by. At this point I decided that it was time to set up my wiki so I went to my AP Biology Moodle site as they have recently added wiki as an optional activity. I spent another hour trying to set up the wiki through Moodle and really got frustrated and went to bed. I would like to have a central course space but may have to link to the wiki through Moodle.
I really like the idea of my students sharing their knowledge as we cover topics in the AP Bio class. I can also see what is not clear to them as they write out their understanding of the various topics and interrelated topics in biology.
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