Comments on: Why Wiki? http://www.joewoodonline.com/why-wiki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-wiki Learning. Reflecting. Sparking New Ideas. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John http://www.joewoodonline.com/why-wiki/comment-page-1/#comment-18 John Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:07:00 +0000 http://joewoodonline.com/?p=39#comment-18 I too enjoyed that story! It was a brilliant realization and example that students will engage themselves in learning when it interests them and draws on prior knowledge. Who knew the prior knowledge was going to be HTML and Myspace?<br/><br/>On a side note, Joe made a great point at lunch about being a part of the education technology conversation by <i>actively</i> participating in it through blogs and such. So here goes, my first blog comment. I too enjoyed that story! It was a brilliant realization and example that students will engage themselves in learning when it interests them and draws on prior knowledge. Who knew the prior knowledge was going to be HTML and Myspace?

On a side note, Joe made a great point at lunch about being a part of the education technology conversation by actively participating in it through blogs and such. So here goes, my first blog comment.

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