WIKIS

Wiki What?Wiki is the Hawaiian word for “fast or

quick”

Wiki Wiki -”Really Quick” bus at the Honolulu airportPhoto Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

What is a wiki?

ComparisonWeb 1.0 Web 2.0

Web 1.0: Internet as Restauruant

Web 2.0: Internet as Kitchen

Wikis You may Love or Hate

WikipediaWikiHow

Wiki Considerations

Comfort with computers Organization Control Collaboration Structure Technology

Why Wiki

Easy to use Engagement Collaboration Leadership

Why not Wiki?

Vandalism Disorganized Control

Types of Wikis

PrivateRestrictedPublic

Private Wikis

Business Organization School

Course/classBrookstone Honors Calculus

LibrarySt. Joseph County Public Library's Subject Guides

Restricted Wikis

Public Wikis

Anyone on the Internet can view, and change. Wikipedia WikiHow Community Portals

Wiki Tips: Software (cont’d)

Wikis hosted by the software company offering free wikis for education: PBWiki WetPaint SeedWiki Wikispaces

Check out the WikiMatrix when trying to make a decision

Huge list of wiki softwarehttp://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines

Wikis in Education

Educational Uses

Easily create simple websites Project development with peer review Group Authoring Data Collection Review classes & teachers Presentations

Applications in Education

FOR TEACHERS

• Collaborative syllabi• Tracking progress/behavior across

classrooms• Meeting planning / agenda creation• Event planning• Collaborating with other/international

schools• Develop a database of lesson plans

Applications in Education

FOR STUDENTS• Information sources• Collaborative projects• Writing tool• Connecting with other schools or students, • Peer editing / review• Learning consensus & compromise• Building outlines and reference lists• Annotating longer works/poems/stories• Creating online bibliographies• Online “study groups”

Problems and PitfallsVANDALISM

Problems and PitfallsPARTICIPATION

Major factor in success/failure of wikis.

Problems and PitfallsComfort Level

TEACHER and STUDENT

Access, Permission, UseSCHOOL’S POLICY:• Can you post student work on the web?• Can you use student names/initials?• Can you post class pictures?• What is the policy on posting info that might

identify the class online?• Can these policies be met through security

settings, parent and student agreements?• Are the wiki tools that you want to use blocked

by your school’s filter? (and: can they be unblocked?)

Lets look at a Wiki

Setting up the Wiki

Wikispaces Tour

Brookstone Honors Calculus

Handout

http://brookstonetechnology.wikispaces.com/

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