Wikis

Consider a wiki to be a combination of a Web site and a Word document. It can be read just like any other web site, with no access privileges necessary, but its power is the fact that groups can collaboratively work on the content of the site using nothing but a standard web browser. Another element of a wiki is its ability to keep track of the history of a document as it is revised. Each time a person makes changes to a wiki page, that revision of the content becomes the current version, and an older version is stored. Versions of the document can be compared side-by-side, and edits can be "rolled back" if necessary. The Wiki is an ideal tool for the increasing amount of collaborative work done by both students and teachers.

Suggestions for using wikis in the classroom:

Class websites
Organize course material
Working spaces for student projects
Develop a knowledge base
Presentation tool
Study Guide
Discussion board
Portfolio
Source for clarification

Classroom Wikis: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Wikis

Growing Use of Wikis in Education: http://www.emergingedtech.com/2009/02/the-growing-use-of-wikis-in-education/

Week in the Classroom
“Wiki Collaboration Across the Curriculum” by Vicki Davis: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=38

Video Presentation Outline:
- Wiki Background
- Why students need to know how to wiki
- A brief overview of the active portion of this project
- The pedagogical use of wikis in the classroom
- Wiki assessment strategies
- Common questions from school administrators

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom vy SmartTeaching.org

http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/

Wikis in Higher Ed: http://sites.google.com/site/wikisinhighered/Home by Eli Collins-Brown, EdD

Getting Tricky with Wikis -Tips to personalize your wiki: http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/

Educational Origami: Wiki Mania: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/wiki+mania