Think Wikis

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THINK WIKIS

THINK WIKIS
WHAT IS A WIKI?
FREE WIKI HOSTING
1. What is PBwiki?
WIKIS IN EDUCATION
LINKS TO OTHER WIKI SITES
HOW ACCURATE IS WIKIPEDIA

WHAT IS A WIKI?

A wiki is a collaborative website that is considered part of the second generation of Internet-based services that allows users to instantly create and share web pages.

Definition of Wiki from Wikipedia

Wikis in Plain English

Wikis are a place to:

add, edit and share quickly
build a community
collaborate
create picture galleries
manage a project or team
plan an event
share stories
store documents and files

In a time when everyone is talking about globalization, wikis are geographically agnostic.

Wikis are a place for:

adapting a document for a new audience	brainstorming	chronicle an ongoing event	class practice tests
class-produced exam study guide	classroom learning beyond the classroom	classroom websites	club activities
collaboration of notes	collective note-taking	computer program coding	concept introduction
content presentation	discussion questions	exploratory projects	experiments
favorite booklists	frequently asked questions	group collaboration on writing sentences	group presentation
group problem-solving	help-desk training	lessons summaries	individual assessment projects
instructional design plan	interactive library research	lab report	newsletter
open storytelling	organizing audience sessions for speech class	peer counseling	peer editing
peer tutor training	poem construction	posting web quests	presentation/paper/course development
problem-solving	procedural manuals	proofreading	role playing
scenarios, potential indicators	students papers	teacher editing marks or corrections	teacher collaborative on best practices
what if?	website design	teachers posts