Wikis

Who uses wikis?

Wikis are used in the “real world” (outside the school zone) by people collaborating on projects or trying to share things online, such as family information and photos, technical questions and information about a particular product, data from a research and development project, travel journals, club or specialty information, or projects like collaborative cookbooks. Sometimes they are used for free expression, such as a youth group online graffiti or poetry space. College and university courses seem to be using wikis far more than the K-12 community right now. In K-12 education, wikis are being used by educators to conduct or follow-up after professional development workshops. The greatest potential, however, lies in student participation in the ongoing creation and evolution of the wiki.  Here are a few ways to use a wiki in education:   We will use **wikispaces** to create our wikis. Go to @http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers and create a free educational account. Use this link for additional help with your wiki Wikispaces Tutorial Links to educational wikis to give you some ideas for your own classroom wiki: Ruth Cheatham's class wiki Kim Moore and Lisa Lawrenz' Web 2.0 class wiki @http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis @http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/How+we+use+wikis+in+class?t=anon Need more help? Here is a video showing you step by step how to get started on your own classroom wiki. Or follow <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">these written directions. How to use Wikispaces
 * Collaboratively authored class texts
 * Writing projects
 * Group projects
 * Sharing resources
 * Grade level teams
 * Subject area teams
 * Professional development
 * Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
 * ePortfolios
 * Clubs and events
 * Mapping of concepts, brainstorming
 * Presentation tools

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