Assessment+of+a+Wiki

Assessment of the technologies **
 * Assessing a Wiki**

An advantage of using a wiki to create the narrative writing is the ability to view the students' edits by clicking on the history. This enables the teacher to see the learning process in action; how and when the student has compiled their information. This can be seen below in the sample wiki:



The teacher can see the changes made to the wiki and how the student has used higher order skills such as predicting, summarising and revising. Edits can reveal what skills are being developed by the student and areas of learning that may need clarification. This is different to traditional methods in that the teacher will usually see the finished piece, which doesn't show planning, problems encountered, editing and so on. Both the traditional and technological methods are similar in that both produce a final product for presentation.

A wiki also has a discussion tab, enabling students to have discussions with their peers and the teacher during their learning. Use of this feature in the wiki may also be assessed to show that students have used this to assist them in their narrative writing. Evidence from the sample wiki is shown below:



Another way of assessing the use of the wiki to rewrite a new ending for the fairytale is peer assessment, developed as a class. Students can have input in developing criteria and the teacher can then add two or three and create a rubric. This can be used similarly in a traditional classroom. An example is shown below:


 * **Criteria** || **Feedback (Circle your answer)** ||
 * 1. Are the character believable? || 1 2 3 4 5 ||
 * 2. Is the wiki attractive? || 1 2 3 4 5 ||
 * 3. Is there a storyline? || 1 2 3 4 5 ||
 * 4. Does the story have an ending? || 1 2 3 4 5 ||
 * 5. Have discussions occurred in the wiki? || 1 2 3 4 5 ||
 * 6. Is the wiki interactive? || 1 2 3 4 5 ||
 * Other comments: ||  ||