Does anyone have experience using both of these? I use wikis a lot in my classroom and was wondering if google docs would be a better choice. Wikis are safe, pretty secure and I have ultimate control, which I like. I also like that there is a history so I can always see who did what on the wiki and when. The biggest problem with wikis is that students can NOT edit at the same time. Information is easily overwritten and many times is lost if students are editing the same page at the same time. The article we read this week said that this was uncommon with wikis, but I can assure you it is more common than they think in a classroom setting.
I think the biggest strength of google docs would be that students can edit at the same time. The scariest part for me as an elementary teacher of google docs is that I will lose a lot of control and I am not sure if parents would be OK with all of their students having a google account with their own email etc.
For now it seems wikis are good for elementary and google docs may be better for secondary and higher education.
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