Digital tool 2 wikis for collaboratrive learning

Wikis are an online space where not only the person who created their wiki space can edit information but guest can too.This is a great tool for a class to be able to openly communicate with each other before, during and after a task is completed and then the teacher is able top provide feedback and comment about the students learning process and the results. This is also great to see how every student is developmentally growing and how each student is learning.
However this must be monitored to make sure there is no unappropriate comments being made towards other students or personal information or photos is not edited  by other students that do not have permission.
There are many key features involved in a wiki tool and you can find out more by visiting the link below

 http://28.help.rsmart.com/rsmart-help-content/default.htm?turl=WordDocuments%2Fkeyfeaturesofthewikitool.htm

This tool is a great source for teachers to maintain a record of student involovement and their learning journey throughout each task, this information could be shown to parent at parent/teacher interviews to provide proof of their childs learning.


http://www.wikispaces.com/user/my/MoniqueAnneSeymour
Here is the link to my wiki space page. I am still trying to figure this all out so it is a bit of trial and error at the present time.

de Bono Thinking Systems | Six Thinking Hats®

http://www.debonothinkingsystems.com/tools/6hats.htm


Using this scaffolding technique, students and teachers are able to put a different colour hat on and look at a task in many different ways. It also can allow teachers to place students into groups and give them a coloured hat which will involve 'thinking outside the square' and thinking in new ways, collaboration with peers.
Some students are able to work effectively in certain learning stratergies but when giving an alternative they have to really work at it which will develop their knowledge and thinking skills.
Allowing students to add their ideas to wiki, then get each group or each individual to discuss each idea either on a forum, or chat site but if you are teaching face-to-face it would be a verbal discussion. Students can then be allocated catergories which gives equal opportunity to explore their own perspectives and explore new ideas. This could be followed up with the decision in written form with a justification based on the points that were made in the table.