An Exciting Wiki Experience: A Film Review

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  Hello! Here I am again with my second assignment which is writing a film review on Wikispaces. It was a group project and I worked with my dear friend, Sevilay Yıldırım. We chose a quite popular film, 3 Idiots we both watched and really enjoyed. You can read our review here.
  Firstly, our lecturer created a Wiki page and we all wrote our tasks on the same page. We imagined that we were supposed to write a film review for a school magazine. We tried to write it in compliance with our instructions. We added some images and the trailer of the film. I also added screenshot of the page below for those who cannot reach Wikispaces.

  As regards my opinions on Wikispaces, I think it has a rather easy interface. While writing it, we did not encounter any difficulty, except for avoiding giving spoiler and some technical problems. Because of that we like the movie so much, we wanted to give all details about it, fortunately, we did not for fear of ruining it. I think, the most important reason for doing it without have any difficulty is working with a friend collaboratively. It enables us save energy and time. We correct each other's mistakes, develop more creative ideas together and above all, provide mutual support. Thanks to collaborative learning, students can learn to take responsibility. In these kind of activities they learn also how to criticize each other's ideas constructively rather than being destructive and this foster the formation of empathy. As a future teacher, I think provide such benefits for students' personality development is really significant.

   Lastly, I highly recommend using it on a classroom environment. Because, for students, it is easy to reach, use, make comments on others' opinions or even edit each other's pages. I think, it will be  beneficial to use this technological tool to enhance students' writing or comprehension skills in an entertaining way. What I see as a disadvantage is Wikis can be changed or deleted by anyone easily. So, you should take precautions for this beforehand. I hope you will enjoy it. See you!