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THINK WIKIS 

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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  


FREE WIKI HOSTING

Peanut Butter Wiki

Wikispaces

Wiki.com

Seed Wiki

Free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia - server-based


WIKIS IN EDUCATION

PBWiki Power Educators Wiki

Westwood Schools Wikispace

St. Francois Xavier Community School

Irving, TX ISD Professional Development

Villa di Maria Elementary Booklist

Wiki in a K-12 classroom

Tim Fredrick's ELA Teaching Wiki

The Science of Spectroscopy

Wiki Wiki Teaching- The art of using wiki pages to teach

Wiki Ideas for the Classroom

New Answers for E-Learning: Wikis and avatars are improving the educational experience

 


 

LINKS TO OTHER WIKI SITES

Web-logged Presentation Links Wikis

Wesley Fryer's Workshop Resources

David Warlick's CoLearners Wiki

Women of Web 2.0

Education Technology Association of St. Louis

Webster Groves School District IMC/Technology Facilities Wiki


HOW ACCURATE IS WIKIPEDIA

Academics question Wikipedia’s credibility

Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica

Wikipedia Profile

 

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