Wiki

Wikispaces

**__Wiki? What is a Wiki?__**
View this video, "Wikis in Plain English" for a fun overview:

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**__Why use a Wiki?__**
A wiki is an online collaborative platform that allows users to publish writing and add elements like images, sounds, videos or almost anything they choose.

**__Easy?__**
Nott too tricky. There are very few 'tools' available so the user is limited. Tools are similar to a simple version of Microsoft Word.

**__Additional Resources__**
**Working with Wikispaces** This video will help you get started: media type="custom" key="7198847"

**Wikispaces Tutorial** Here is a comprehensive tutorial of Wikispaces. It is very informative and easy to follow. A must-read if you are working with wikispaces! Wikispaces tutorial UPDATED: media type="custom" key="7198857"


 * **Wikispace Basics**
 * [|Teacher's First Wiki Walk-through]
 * Help for K-12 Teachers
 * [|Wikispace Video Tours]
 * [|Wikispace Tutorials]

**Short tutorial videos that show you how to...**
 * [|Change the name, description, look & feel of your wikispace]
 * [|Edit pages and add elements]
 * [|Add more pages to your wikispace]

**Helpful Links**
 * [|Wikispaces for Teachers (advertisement-free)]
 * [|The Art And Technique Of Wikis by David Warlick]
 * MCIU Wiki Resource Page
 * [|Teach with Tech Wiki Resources]
 * Eduwiki.us
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= **50 Ways to Use a Wiki in the Classroom ** =

Click on this link to get some great ideas about how you could use a Wiki //for// and/or //with// kids: [] = = or this video gives more ideas for using a Wiki in K-12 classroom: []

= **from Will Fryer :** = = **1. Connect with parents through publishing student work 2. Homework groups with kids (ask questions) 3. Share lesson plans with other teachers and links 4. In lieu of a faculty meeting ** = 5. Write a new school song collaboratively, brainstorm ideas 6. Put websites for articles students need to read, and then discuss it together online 7. Post homework assignments and makeup work for absent students 8. Schedules and calendars 9. Collaborative projects with other classrooms in the US or outside 10. Book reviews! 11. Science journaling 12. Study guides for the test 13. Science fair presentations 14. Collaboration to plan fundraisers or other activities 15. Diary of a science experiment 16. Literature response podcasting or video publishing 17. Book talks 18. Literature circle 19. RSS feeds for kid friendly publishing (let parents subscribe to updates) 20. Posting projects = = = **Other Resources: ** =

Helpful background information 1. http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites079.shtml Additional helpful ideas 2. http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Wikis Great example of a "teacher web page" using a Wiki 3. http://community.saugususd.org/dlindsay/page/ Why a Wiki?: 4. http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm Wiki student project: 5. http://blog.wikispaces.com/2008/02/a-classroom-wiki-webquest.html Post learning logs: 6. http://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/a-wickedly-good-wiki-idea-class-learning-notes/ Blogs and Blogging

Educational Wikis 7. http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis