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Designing Classroom Wikis



What is a Wiki?


A Wiki is a collaborative webpage whose contents can be edited by anyone who has access to it. ****Wikipedia**** is probably the best known example of this.Typically, a webpage has one author. A Wiki allows you to have as many authors as you want.

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What can I do with a Wiki?

  • embed videos



  • embed audio
  • add a table, spreadsheet, or calendar

Summer Reading
 Books I've Read
Maddie
 Of Beetles and Angles; The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House
Molly
 The Outsiders; Twilight
Charlie
 The Bean Tree; Of Mice and Men
Emily
 Twilight; Of Beetles and Angels







This is a satellite view of the Catskills Mountains, the setting of the book My Side of the Mountain.
  • and other html (SketchPad, etc..)

How can I use this in my classroom?

  • see examples above and the math and language arts pages on this wiki
  • Teacher and IT coordinator can collaborate to create a list of websites students should use to explore a specific topic.
  • Collaborative Text Books: let the students write their own textbook.
  • ePortfolios: You can upload pictures, attach files, and embed video
  • Collaboration between teachers: Create a lesson plan online and other could add to it
  • Collaboration between students: Instead of answering questions for a text book, they could use a pathfind and post answers, pictures and video.
  • A teacher webpage

Check out these wikipages that other educators have created.

Elementary:
**http://primarymath.wetpaint.com/?t=anon**
**http://wiki.woodward.edu/hannalee/doku.php**

Middle School:
**http://codeblue.wikispaces.com/**
**http://discoveryutopias.wikispaces.com/**

High School:
**http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/?t=anon**
**http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/**


How can I set up a Wiki?

Now its time for your to set up your own wiki with a private company called, Wikispaces.com. The link below will provide very helpful step-by-step instructions.

getting+started+with+wikispaces.pdf