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John Rankin wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><snip, snip, snip> In this example, it's not obvious to me that the data fit
either the wiki's group.page structure or a hierarchy.
But a starting point using a wiki might be: establish a
group for each "real world" object, like Student, Teacher,
Course. Then establish a group for each association
between these real world objects.
This seems to have wandered a long way from hierarchies...
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<blockquote cite="mid1084346889john.rankin@affinity.co.nz" type="cite"></blockquote>
You've done a reasonable job of explaining some of the ins and outs of
various data structures that wikis might and might not use. <br>
<br>
As a point
of reference, after a bit of checking, our local schools use the
following internet file structure :<br>
<br>
<School>/<Student>/<Class>/ReportCard <br>
<ul>
<li>There's a Student page for everyone in the various district
schools, including High School. <br>
</li>
<li>Each Student page has it's own password which provides a list of
the classes they are taking. <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li><School>/<Student>/Geometry</li>
<li><School>/<Student>/Spanish, etc<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Clicking on the each Class link allows Parents (with the
password) to lookup the following for that Class <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Overall grade, <br>
</li>
<li>quizes, <br>
</li>
<li>Tests,<br>
</li>
<li>homework turned in, <br>
</li>
<li>attendance,</li>
<li>Etc. <br>
</li>
<li>There's an email link for parents to contact the teacher, who
typically responds within 24 hours.</li>
</ul>
<li>Somehow the system also provides overall GPA on the
<Student> page.</li>
<ul>
<li>Amongst it's various uses are it tracks student athlete
academic eligibility. <br>
</li>
<li>It helps put a fire under a student's sorry little butt because
there's very little slack time between screwups (not turning in
homeworks, flunking quizes/tests, missing classes, etc) showing up in
eligibility reports. <br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>The teachers usually post things to the site within 48 hours,
frequently sooner</li>
<ul>
<li>I've no idea how their 'window' into this system looks.</li>
<li>Obviously they have a password that allows them to access and
edit their student's files. <br>
</li>
<li>It's a work in progress that seems to be working well. (Just
implemented this year)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>The goals for the system are </li>
<ul>
<li>To end much of the duplicate paper trail that teachers
currently must put up with. <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Everything will be done online (obviously with appropriate
backups)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Provide timely feedback to parents about their child's progress
at school</li>
</ul>
<li>I don't think the system currently envisions things like provide
a place for students to <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Do their work online and eliminate the "I forgot to turn in the
paper" syndrome<br>
</li>
<li>Collaborate with other students on group projects</li>
<li>However, this sort of stuff is obviously possible, especially
from a wiki perspective. <br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
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Always, Dr Fred Chittenden
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