Wikis Cons

Hello! Here is the second entry about WIkis/Blogs pros and cons as promised. Better late than never, right? ;) 

So, click here to see the whole web about Wikis pro and Cons. But in this post I will provide mine own  selection of WIkis cons, some of them concur with those of the website. 

1. More responsibility for the teachers: Working with wikis inevitably provides more work for the teachers, teacher most keep on checking what comments are made in the wiki, pictures, links, etc that are provided by the students or other coordinators, in case they are not appropiate in the wiki for young kids or are out of the range that the teacher wants to stick to. 

2. More work for the teacher other than the normal curriculum: I think we all agree in this one. COnventional classes need less work than teaching through wikis and keeping wikis updated. We have experience this first hand. Having a good, nice looking, heavy information weight, interesting and current topics that really help students and keep them interesnted it is NOT easy to do. Its a lots of hours work and dedication, that require lots of hours in front of a computer. 

3. Some Wikis are open to the public which make them vulnerable to vandalism: we need to make sure that the wiki can only be seen by a reduced group of people, the security and privacy of the wiki is VERY important (we went through this topic, remember? ) to me this is a very powerful cons, eventhough we decide to whom we open the wiki, public wikis will always have this disadvantage and will be vulnerable to any of this negative actions, hackers, etc. We also need to provide what is essential and basic for the imrpovement of the student proficency, avoiding any explosure of personal information or details. Privacy is VERY VERY important.