Application+to+teaching+environment

﻿Application to Teaching Environment ﻿Wiki's are useful as a web 2.0 tool in a learning environment as they provide a newer medium to deliver information. Facilitators can use a wiki for an assignment to show students the information being discussed in a lesson. If students are able to access the wiki on their own they can go through the material at their own pace and come to an individual understanding of what is being presented. Using a wiki to present the information offers an alternative from the typical Power Point Presentation, or even "hand outs." Facilitators can also use wiki's for assignments. Students can be placed into groups, using the wiki they can communicate with one another through a message board and collaborate on the creation of a wiki. This allows students the ability to demonstrate what they have learned to the facilitator in a way that allows them to also express their creativity. The ability to discuss their creation of the wiki within the site differs from a Power Point as they are able to keep their conversation off of their product, previously this would have had to have been completed in the "notes" section. The use of wiki's in any educational setting would be an effective one that both students and facilitators would enjoy and benefit from.

