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Uses of wikinews by Teachers
Wikinews allows anyone to report news on a wide variety of subjects. Its mission is to create a diverse environment where learners can independently report or post their academical ideas.
-Helps students write articles or assignments
-Learners engage with each other on the Discussion tab.
-It has a place called the water cooler where by learners can go there to find solutions on course related implications.
-Lastly a teacher uses wikinews to assess learners' contributions using the following criteria.
• *wikinews article traffic statistics*
-This refers to a tool for charting how many hits any given article gets and comparing different kinds of articles for learners at different times.
*•edit counter*
- a tool for charting how many edits learners' make over time, which types of pages they've edited, and which pages they've edited most.