Wikis: Promoting Collaborative Literacy through Affordable Technology in Content-Area Classrooms

Brianna Carney-Strahler

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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2011.22011                

Abstract

Educators may realize the impact technology has on students, but may be ill equipped to integrate high-tech devices into the classroom in an affordable way. Educators can capitalize on students’ experience with technology by incorporating wikis, a collaborative webpage, into classroom instruction. Studies indicate that wiki technology can greatly enhance student collaboration and build content-area literacy skills. There are several research-based applications for implementing wiki technology into content-area classrooms. However, educators must consider the effect of wikis on curricula before integrating wikis into the classroom.

Keywords

Literacy, Technology, Collaboration, Wiki

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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