Monday, February 23, 2009
So, I was trying to think of other ways to use wikis in the subject areas that I teach. Last week I posted an idea for P.E. use, so today I got to thinking about utilizing wikis in health. I read Carl Mackey's idea for collecting nutrition information and meal plans, which I thought was a great idea! Luckily, health is a subject area (like many others) that has a LOT of information in our curriculum. Another way wikis would be helpful in building collective knowledge is drug and alcohol information. There are SO many side effects that go along with various drugs that it is hard to keep track of them. If students could post this information (along with some drug nicknames and legal consequences) that would be an excellent reference (and organizational tool) for this information. I could check it daily to make sure the information is valid.
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I think that would be a great way to incorporate wikis. Binge drinking in colleges seem to be a huge problem. I don't think that students are really aware of the effects of alcohol and binge drinking. I think that if students contributed information and the information was monitored for validity this would be an excellent learning tool and a way to get the information out to students.
ReplyDeleteGood thinking Meghan!
Like Sherri I too think that this would be very helpful for students and give them a pride of authorship to have helped develop a wikki about important information, especially the legal consequences of possessing certain drugs, that may make a difference!
ReplyDeleteNice! Sounds like a great idea, Meghan! Health is a wide-open subject area with many topics and themes to cover. Do you have an idea of what your authentic problem would be?
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