Using Wikis toCommunicate, collaborate and create

New TeacherWebinars Sponsored by:

Elizabeth CressmanCRC

21st century learning skillsStudents must be:

Collaborators

Synthesizers

Explainers

Problem Solvers

What Is a Wiki?

“A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any

number of interlinked Web pages, using a WYSIWYG text editor

(simplified markup language) text editor, within the browser.”

~ Wikipedia

"Wiki users comment on and change one another's text"

What I Know Is

• Wiki is a new concept for me

• I have used a wikik before

• I have used one and made my own Wiki

• I have taught some one els to make a Wiki

• I have some experience with a wiki and would be willing to share an example now

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Wikis in Plain English

Text

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Get a wiki!

PBWiki

PBWiki is easy to use. Offers perks for educational wikis, the most important being ad-free wiki space.  A monthly fee allow more customization options (additional backgrounds), additional file storage

Wetpaint

Wetpaint offers many templates and a wide variety of styles ("skins") which allows for more customization.  All Wetpaint wikis have ads (including educational wikis)-- they are included in sidebars along the side and bottom and are fairly unobtrusive

Wikispaces

Clean, no-frills wikis.  Ads appear along the sidebar for free wikis-- ad-free wikis are available for $5 a month.  Wikis: Ready or Not!

What Does a Wiki Look like?

pb works

CRC wiki

Wetpaint

wiki spaces

Types of Wikis

•Public: can be read or edited by anyone

•Protected: can be viewed by anyone, can only be edited by wiki members

•Private: can only be viewed or edited by wiki members

Use Wikis for...

Class Web Sites Example 1 Example 2 Example 3

Exploratory Project Web Page Example 1

Telecollaborative Project Example 1

Student Created Content Example 1

Going Deeper (providing supplementary resources to prepare students for study or as follow-

up)

Example 4

wiki features

Page editing

Add images or documents

Edit and post new versions

View recent changes

View history

Discussions

Search

Have you used...?

LEts Get Our feet wet!

• + Sign-Up Help

• + Editing Your Wiki Page

• Log in to the practice wiki page

• + Wiki Web Tour

Wikipedia

Turning Wikipedia into an Asset for Schools

http://wiki.crcpd.ab.ca/groups/newteachers2011webinar/

Ideas for Using Wikis in the Classroom http://tinyurl.com/4jb9soh

FOLLOW-UP WIKI