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What can you do with a WIKI?: What can you do with a WIKI? WikiWonder in a Classroom Amber Teamann
Beaver MST
Garland ISD
adteaman@garlandisd.net 972- 494- 8301
Agenda: Agenda What in the world is a wiki?
Why wiki?
Where to wiki?
How to wiki?
Wacky wikis?
Wiki 911
What in the world is a wiki and why would I want to use one?: What in the world is a wiki and why would I want to use one? a wiki is a type of web page
Wiki vs. blog
a wiki allows for online collaborative creation.
Slide4: a wiki is the name commonly given to any web site in which the users, or web surfers, can actually alter the web page while viewing it so that subsequent viewers are reading an entirely new page, or article. Users have the power to directly edit text, images, and links on a web site with a wiki.
Why wiki?: Why wiki? Provides an authentic audience
Allows students to work collaboratively across any distance, social or grade barrier
Excellent real world model for writing and editing
Collaborators, Synthesizers,
Explainers
Why wiki?: Why wiki? Microsoft office heading that way; will help students experience writing in a creative collaborative environment
Cross curricular
Free, easy, works on older slower computers
Where to wiki?: Where to wiki? www.pbwiki.com
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K
www.seedwiki.com
www.wikispaces.com
www.schtuff.com
www.wikicities.com
Slide8: CQ + PQandgt; IQ Curiosity Quotient +
Passion Quotient andgt;
Intelligence Quotient
How to wiki?: How to wiki? Introduce
Explain
Share examples
Work with your students, create TOGETHER
How to wiki? : How to wiki? An easy start…
In the old days, you would hand out index cards and ask for student contact info, their likes, strengths, etc., but now, I just use the 'New Page' link at the top of the wiki to create an individual page!
Have students create a wikipage within the course wiki. This avoids editing collisions.
This gets them to create their individual page It gives students early experience editing wiki pages and contributing to the wiki.
I have a class list of everyone in the room, all in one shot!
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Wacky Wikis: Wacky Wikis http://pinewood.pbwiki.com/
http://villagewiki.pbwiki.com/
http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
Wiki 911: Wiki 911
Wiki 911- Obstacles: Wiki 911- Obstacles Not your traditional classroom assignment
Computer time
Finding the 'right' assignment
Administrative obstacles
Resources: Resources http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm
http://educators.pbwiki.com/Best%20practices%20and%20examples
http://westwood.wikispaces.com/
http://pbwiki.com/
Vickie Davis- resources –k12 cyber
conference