Re: [seul-edu] Reservations about Wikis: Site tools for Schoolforge

[David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.com>]

Yes, Roger suggested it as a curriculu tool, I think, although I think
many seem to think of it when they hear curricula.

David
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001,
Prevett, Larry wrote:

> > Again, I am not in favor of the Wiki as a curriculum tool
>
> Maybe I missed something,
>
> (easy to do with this thread!) but did anyone actually
> suggest using a wiki for Schoolforge? Wikis are wonderful
> tools for collecting information, adhoc collaborations and
> germinating ideas, but did anyone actually suggest using a
> wiki for the main application? I think a wiki might be used
> to work out some rough ideas (maybe even move some of this
> dialogue off the main mailing list?) but I don't think a
> wiki would be the primary tool for a project like Schoolforge.
> A tool or environment with a wiki-like option would be useful.
>
> My suggestion to use a wiki to capture some of the dialogue
> from this thread wasn't meant to suggest that the whole
> Schoolforge project be implemented in a wiki. And I don't
> think Jason's page carries that intent either (Jason?)
>
> Apologies if I've missed something.
>
> L. Prevett
> Mathematics Instructor
> Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, US
> prevettl@cochise.cc.az.us
>