My use of Wikis

Wikis are a great resource for a classroom! I have used wikis in my African studies class last semester. We had a large group project and were required to create our own website, with videos, pictures, and papers. It was really easy to use a wiki in our group project because other group members were able to read students works to help edit and improve papers. I also really liked that all of the resources for our project was easily accessible in one place. We were trained how to use wiki by a media librarian. As far as experiences go, this is my only experience using a wiki in a classroom.

I'm excited about reviewing wikis because I want to make sure that I truly know how to use everything that is available through a wiki program. I like how we made our own account because our teacher started our wiki for us so I never knew how to even start my own wiki. I also enjoyed learning how to upload a proper picture to my wiki and upload a picture for my account. Having an account picture makes it easier to be able to distinguish different accounts. I think that wikis are a great tool for completing group projects!

Although using technology within a music setting is difficult I do believe that there are some ways that I can find ways to integrate them in the classroom. I think putting historical information about composers and different musical style periods will be very useful for my students. I also will list different technique videos such as how to shift, how to use vibrato, and how to articulate bowings on my wiki. Also adding links to other website sources, such as Musictheory.net will be helpful for my students when the need extra help outside the classroom. And finally assigning a group project where students will write about important composers and events in the classical music world.