Wikis

toc == = = =**What are Wikis?**= Wiki means Quick. Wiki,wiki! Quick, quick! It's quick and easy!

Wikis are an easy way to create group web pages for many uses. The most common wiki we all know of is Wikipedia. Think of a wiki as a repository of knowledge that can be added to by anyone you choose. Wikis can be public or private to just a few people. Unlike Google Docs however, Wikis are not meant to be edited simultaneously but rather sequentially. As such, Wikis serve to act as a much more permanent repository of information than other online Web 2.0 tools. = = =Teachers explaining wikis= Another explanation of what wikis are. media type="youtube" key="ZmByB0sIPog&rel=1" height="355" width="425" From YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmByB0sIPog

=Popular wiki Sites=

Wikispaces Wikispaces offers free wikis to groups who keep them public. In addition they offer ad free wikis to K-12 educators This wiki was created in wikispaces. To start a wiki for schools go to: @http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

[|PBWorks] PB stands for peanut butter, the claim being that using a wiki is as easy as making a peanut butter sandwich. Check out their page for education

[|Wetpaint]

=Uses Professionally= Wikis differ conceptually from tools such as Google Docs. They are meant to be edited by several individuals but NOT simultaneously. Although simultaneous edits are possible, once the edit process begins, a user has no idea if anyone else has been changing the content. Furthermore,
 * Present your assignments on wiki pages
 * Use a Wiki as a school Web Site
 * Present Student work for parents

=Uses in the classroom=
 * Collaborate with distant school by bringing together work done by students in one space
 * see Flat Classroom project
 * See Donna Anderson's wiki (link to come) for examples
 * Put up problem of the week

= = = = = = = = =About wikis=

Vicki Davis uses wikis extensively in her teaching. Here is her wiki on wikis Vicki Davis presented at the [|K12 Online Conference]. The Flat Classroom high school project Article by David Jakes: [|Wild About Wikis] [|Wiki Walk Through] This is a great site which explains what wikis are and gives many ideas for uses in educational settings.

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