WIKIS in Primary Schools

Having just finished the class input on this subject, I am greatly impressed with this ICT tool and its potential in the primary classroom.

Much the same as blogs, I can see that there may be some issues over privacy and child protection laws, but provided the appropriate security measures are put in place, I would consider these to be a fantastic tool for the classroom environment.

I feel that wikis are an exciting method for encouraging collaborative working from children in school. Group wikis, class wikis, parent wikis and staff wikis could all be compiled and have their own place within this environment. In addition, the potential to use this medium across the curriculum is vast, and with a little creativity, could turn some 'not quite so' exciting subjects into really good ones.

Today's lesson was my first encounter with a wiki - with the exception of wikipedia, although up until the lesson I did not know the full extent of how it worked. I think I picked it up fairly easily and found the video clip of the camping trip wiki very useful to understand the concept. I would be keen to use this medium in school upon taking up an NQT post.