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**Bloom's Taxonomy**
Wiki Editing Rubric Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Understanding – Content authoring Applying – Wiki editing http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/wiki+editting+rubric+v2.pdf

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**Barton (2004b**) notes the effective use of wikis for:
This last element by Barton is crucial. Some discussion papers looking at what this “open-crowd-authorship” may entail for academia are presented in the About Research section. The 21st-century Teaching and Learning project at Texas A&M University is built around a wiki, as is the conference planning process of the TESOL CALL interest section. A sample wiki site was set up by Awaji Yoshimana for the JALTCALL 2002 conference (Godwin-Jones, 2003).
 * Any class project with a reference or encyclopaedic format, including instructions, manuals, glossaries, and the like.
 * A class or group project with a bibliographic format. Students could gather websites related to a topic, then annotate, rank, and organize them.
 * A letter or statement presented on behalf of the class. These documents occur often enough in the business world, where the "on behalf" basically means that everyone involved signed off on a draft. On a wiki, such a project would offer everyone a better chance to make a contribution.
 * A handbook or textbook. Students could build a guide to correct punctuation and be evaluated as a class. Thus, every student would have a stake in the project and would likely benefit from the instruction it contained. Students also become familiar with "textbook" English and its avoidance of personal-sounding prose.
 * Any other project that does not require specified authorship or protected documents. Wikis are authored by communities, not individuals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects
 * Why Wikipedia thinks Wiki's are good for education...**

**How do you use WiKis to support adult learning?**
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