Comments on: How to use one wiki with many students — at one time http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/ The official blog of PBwiki Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:17:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mr Clare’s Blog » Blog Archive » Wikis in the Classroom http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-137427 Mr Clare’s Blog » Blog Archive » Wikis in the Classroom Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:58:59 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-137427 [...] two students (or more) edit the one page simultaneously?”. Well it seems not. I found this discussion at PBWiki.comthat explains some work-arounds teachers have used (see discussions on post). I like the idea of [...] [...] two students (or more) edit the one page simultaneously?”. Well it seems not. I found this discussion at PBWiki.comthat explains some work-arounds teachers have used (see discussions on post). I like the idea of [...]

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-117122 Jennifer Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:58:22 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-117122 I realize multiple students on a page at once would be most ideal, but here is how I handled the issue in my class (by putting them on separate pages in our wiki, but organizing the switches as one group finished a page and moved on to another): Each group wrote down the name of a page they were editing on our dry erase board and put a check mark behind the name. When they were finished with the page, they walked up to the board, erased the checkmark, and wrote a checkmark next to the page they would be entering. It worked great so other groups could just look up at the board to see what was open and what was being edited at that moment. It kept their energy focused on editing and not trying to go to pages that were locked. I realize multiple students on a page at once would be most ideal, but here is how I handled the issue in my class (by putting them on separate pages in our wiki, but organizing the switches as one group finished a page and moved on to another):

Each group wrote down the name of a page they were editing on our dry erase board and put a check mark behind the name. When they were finished with the page, they walked up to the board, erased the checkmark, and wrote a checkmark next to the page they would be entering. It worked great so other groups could just look up at the board to see what was open and what was being edited at that moment. It kept their energy focused on editing and not trying to go to pages that were locked.

]]> By: Susan H. http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-115314 Susan H. Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:21:21 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-115314 Hi, I am the original poster of this question. The project I am working on with my students involves entering information in a table, which logically one could do several at the same time, but on the wikki since the table is on one page they cannot do. So that is why I continue to ask if this possibility could be developed for educational wikis. It would be a huge bit of work and defeat the purpose of encouraging collaborative writing if I were to create a page of separate tables for each student. Thanks for listening again! Susan Hi,

I am the original poster of this question. The project I am working on with my students involves entering information in a table, which logically one could do several at the same time, but on the wikki since the table is on one page they cannot do. So that is why I continue to ask if this possibility could be developed for educational wikis. It would be a huge bit of work and defeat the purpose of encouraging collaborative writing if I were to create a page of separate tables for each student.

Thanks for listening again!

Susan

]]> By: Abby Kelton http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-114879 Abby Kelton Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:14:17 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-114879 I need multiple teachers to be able to edit a document during a workshop. Are there other wikis that would allow us to do this, or should we use google docs or zoho instead? Thanks. I need multiple teachers to be able to edit a document during a workshop. Are there other wikis that would allow us to do this, or should we use google docs or zoho instead? Thanks.

]]> By: Tina Carpenter http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-114174 Tina Carpenter Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:33:44 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/02/25/how-to-use-one-wiki-with-many-students-at-one-time/#comment-114174 I used PBwiki to teach a class last week. I needed multiple users to be on at one time. Each person was setting up their own page on the same wiki to showcase work. As we were working, people did get locked out, but we also had problems with uploading documents. Sometimes the documents would upload and sometimes they wouldn't. It was pretty frustrating. I didn't realize that when multiple users are uploading documents, all of the documents are uploaded to the same area. It would be great if each person would have had their own area to upload documents into. I used PBwiki to teach a class last week. I needed multiple users to be on at one time. Each person was setting up their own page on the same wiki to showcase work. As we were working, people did get locked out, but we also had problems with uploading documents. Sometimes the documents would upload and sometimes they wouldn’t. It was pretty frustrating. I didn’t realize that when multiple users are uploading documents, all of the documents are uploaded to the same area. It would be great if each person would have had their own area to upload documents into.

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