WikiMatrix provides two choices:
1. A direct “Select-and-compare” mode which allows you to choose and compare features of some 99 wiki sites online. The comparison is very comprehensive, which includes General Features, Hosting Features, System Reqiurements, Datastorage, Security/Anti-Spam, Development/Support, Common Features, Special Features, Links, Syntax Features, Usability, Statistics, Output, Media and Files and Syntax Examples.
2. Use the “Wiki Choice Wizard” engine which will ask you a few questions and generate a recommended list of wiki sites for reference. The questions asked what features do you need, which include “History”, “What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)”, “Software or hosted?”, “Your own Domain?”, “Corporate Branding”, “Storage System?”, “Free and Open Source?”, “Programming language?”.
a very useful reference to have imho 🙂
A Vision of Students Today – a video
First came across this from Wesley Fryer’s post, this video was produced by a working group of Kansas State University students and faculty dedicated to exploring and extending the possibilities of digital ethnography led by Asst Prof Michael Wesch.
This video calls for us teachers to reflect upon what our students are learning/doing in class when we are ‘teaching n preparing them for tomorrow’. Enjoy n reflect 🙂
[updated 20071019] found an alternate link to the same video here.
Collaborative Online Mind Mapping
saw this post off will richardson’s blog, and am attracted to it as i’m also a mindmap fan myself. MindMeister is the tool which Will has reviewed in his post. the free version allows up to 6 maps to be created, and a fee is required for unlimited map creations and export functions. just to note down that IHMC CmapTools is also a concept-mapping tool (not entirely equal to mind-mapping) and it also allows realtime online collaboration, something which i recalled we experimented when we did our 13th TecXplorers Gathering.
50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
saw this post off wesley fryer’s blog linking to this incredible post on CogDogRoo, a total of 50 web tools that can be used in the classroom. a demo of how to tell the same story 50 times is also demoed on CogDog via here.
WOW, FIFTY TOOLS !
2 EDUCAUSE CONNECT articles
for record and (future) reading pleasure:
1. Using Blogs for Formative Assessment and Interactive Teaching [article]
2. Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world [article]