Haha… Here in Australia, it's approaching the end of the 3rd term of school.

And OMG! Finally, a blog post on Wikidot's "Official" blog.

I think it would be fantastic if educational bodies developed and published their entire syllabus on-line instead of relying on text books. They could be continuously improved & updated and educators in different states & countries would be able to see and borrow the good ideas developed elsewhere.

I don't know if anyone else has read The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, but perhaps something like the "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" might be the end result of the open sharing of educational plans, resources, tools & ideas.

Also it is nice to see that despite the hard work Michal is putting into Wikidot he hasn't forgotten he is an Astrophysicist, and has given the field a subtle plug in the web-site example!

I personally thank Michal and Wikidot for this possibility. However, I have a question:

Let's imagine that a person is creating a site that will be a major part (or actually is) his thesis (graduation work). We could pretend that the site contains trumpet exercises for example. He successfully requested an educational upgrade (when it wasn't as easy as it is now). Now he's finally near graduation. The question:

What happens to the educational status of the site when the person graduates? The work won't be a part of his studies anymore, but his personal project that he plans to continue (the nature of the site will stay the same anyway).

Thanks for the reminder, and for using the blog again.

I used wikidot for a course website this summer, but completely forgot about the whole Wikidot for Education thing. Maybe I'll take advantage of the upgrade next time. I don't think I needed the extra stuff (space, private members, etc.), but it would be nice to avoid the ads (I didn't have to worry about those this time because I still had a Pro account this summer).

I'm still waiting for the course feedback forms to see if the students found it useful. I left reading and comments open to the public so no one had to register. Using Google Analytics to track which pages are visited was helpful, too.

It'd be great if you could get a whole school to use Wikidot. As it is, registering and learning to use the wiki for just one course is probably a lot to expect of students.

I built a college class database using Wikidot, so anyone can share study guides, class notes, find the best classes, and so on.

Check it out … uberStudy

I absolutely love it when a new site is… Oh, wait, this is the old blog site. You actually posted stuff, yay! Seriously, though, I did miss the posts. One of the great things about wikidot is the ability to talk between the founders/admins of the site, and the users. With such a large network, it is usually an impossibility.

Does this apply to the high school level? Does the school have to sign off on something saying that this is for a class project or something?

G'day,

I started my educational wikidots nearly two years ago & thought this would be a good place for a public thank you. Thanks!

I've got student editable wiki pages, plenty of resources available for download, forums for questions & feedback yet there's more potential to be tapped. Administration has become a large part of my job so it's fantastic that the students can use the a wikidot as a safe easy to access resource.

I don't force the students to join but quite frankly they're crazy not to. With examinations looming they will benefit greatly from it's use and contribute to the resource for future students.

I also don't think it's too much effort for students to set up, after all they can invite their class mates!

Thanks again!

Hello, wonderful Wikidot community -

Sorry to have missed this thread when it first appeared, but after perusing the other relevant education-account discussions, this actually seems the most appropriate and recent place to post.

I'm a big fan of Wikidot, and have been using it for course sites for the past year or so - largely keeping each class separate from the next, because I teach an intro writing course and my students are often anxious about posting their writing where strangers can see it. This semester I used up the last of my 5 free sites. I'd like to keep going, but as a poor graduate student I'm kind of stymied by the $120 out-of-pocket expense of upgrading to a Pro account for another 5 sites, and the more-affordable Pro Lite account actually offers fewer features than I have now (as discussed here).

Is there any plan in the works for a parallel educational "track" of accounts, with the Edu-Free account as it is now, and an Edu-Pro-Lite for $49.90 and 10 sites, etc? How feasible would such a system be?