Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com) are user generated websites that allow members of a wiki to add and modify content as needed. A wiki can be almost anything- a database about Star Wars, a multi-user creative writing project, or an encyclopedia about the civil war- the possibilities are endless.
There are so many ways to use a wikispace in the classroom. In art, the obvious application is for generating a student run art history database. Students could access their classmates' work as well as previous and future students' work. I found wikispaces pretty intuitive and easy to use, but I guess others who do not have a tech related background would have more trouble with using it. Luckily, there are a myriad of video tutorials available on youtube.
In class, Garth cautioned that it's really difficult to arrange content in a aesthetically pleasing way in wikispaces, which I did not find to be true as long as the user keeps things simple and is willing to do some tweaking, which I hope art students would be willing to do!
Here is a lesson plan I wrote that utilizes wikispaces: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kOgxKLyluSOPhp3qDBWM1TfXtMZQf0zxBd4HolH0xoQ/edit?usp=sharing
Here is a link to the wikispace I created for my lesson plan:
https://art-poetry-collection.wikispaces.com
In class, Garth cautioned that it's really difficult to arrange content in a aesthetically pleasing way in wikispaces, which I did not find to be true as long as the user keeps things simple and is willing to do some tweaking, which I hope art students would be willing to do!
Here is a lesson plan I wrote that utilizes wikispaces: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kOgxKLyluSOPhp3qDBWM1TfXtMZQf0zxBd4HolH0xoQ/edit?usp=sharing
Here is a link to the wikispace I created for my lesson plan:
https://art-poetry-collection.wikispaces.com