TITLE:
Wikis: Promoting Collaborative Literacy through Affordable Technology in Content-Area Classrooms
AUTHORS:
Brianna Carney-Strahler
KEYWORDS:
Literacy, Technology, Collaboration, Wiki
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.2 No.2,
June
27,
2011
ABSTRACT: Educators may realize the impact technology has on students, but may be ill equipped to integrate high-tech devices into the classroom in an affordable way. Educators can capitalize on students’ experience with technology by incorporating wikis, a collaborative webpage, into classroom instruction. Studies indicate that wiki technology can greatly enhance student collaboration and build content-area literacy skills. There are several research-based applications for implementing wiki technology into content-area classrooms. However, educators must consider the effect of wikis on curricula before integrating wikis into the classroom.