Wikis

Wikis

 * Wiki**: "A wiki is a communal, subject-specific Web site where users are free to add and/or edit content. When it comes to Internet-based collaboration, there’s nothing easier to use, according to [Will] Richardson. In schools, wikis—some of which are password-protected—enable groups of students, teachers, or both to gather content and share written work. Some classes create their own textbooks and resource sites." [From Teacher Magazine, [|The Blogvangelist], October 1, 2006] The word //wiki// comes from the Hawaiian language meaning //quickly//.

[|Here is a movie clip] explaining what a wiki is. Here is another clip: [|Wikis in Plain English]. This movie clip provides more specific information on wiki creation and collaboration.

[|Help for K-12 Teachers from Wikispaces]


 * Wiki Providers** **or Hosting Services**

[|Peanut Butter Wiki] [|Seed Wiki] [|Wetpaint] [|Wikispaces] [|Wiki.com]
 * [|PB Wiki for Educators]--Great tips, resources, and ideas!

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[|The Wikified Research Paper] Post from Karl Fisch. "As the culmination of [|their study] of //A Whole New Mind//, Anne Smith and Maura Moritz’s students had to complete a [|Wikified Research Paper]. Here are links to the four wiki pages that have links to the students' wikis."

Sixth grade educator and teacher leader Bill Ferriter blogs about how he uses wikis with his students. His suggestions are excellent! Click [|here].

[|How Universities Are Using PBwiki]

[|K-12 Wiki Examples]

More Wiki Examples

[|Protecting Your Students Online]

[|Wiki Etiquette for Students]

[|Screencasts and VIdeos on using PBwiki]

[|PBwiki Tips and How Tos]

[|PBwiki ESL Examples]

[|Presenter Wikis]

[|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators] From Digital Directions Ed. Wiki Tips Experts recommend several steps to follow when using wikis, including:
 * 1.** Make use of the feature that alerts a wiki manager that changes have been made to the wiki. Check regularly to see what changes have been made and by whom.
 * 2.** Determine whether your wiki should be accessible to the public or be limited to a defined group.
 * 3.** Be aware of copyright and licensing issues when posting other people’s work.
 * 4.** Emphasize “digital professionalism” to the community that can add content to, edit, or otherwise revise your wiki to remind users that it is a document many other people will see. Talk about and make clear what is, and is not, acceptable on the wiki.
 * 5.** Especially when using wikis with students, take steps to prevent users from posting personal information that would reveal their identities.

//**Explore These 9-12 Examples of How Educators are Using Wikis**//

Math Exploration
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Science Exploration
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Language Arts Exploration
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Sports
[|Track Wiki]

Interdisciplinary--See Below Not to be Missed!
Education in a Flat World Wiki About this Site: "This site serves two purposes: (1) To educate teachers about the flat world and how it can enhance their teaching. (2) To connect teachers and their classrooms with another classroom, or classrooms, from across the neighborhood, state, country, or across the planet for the purpose of collaboration."

Flat World Project Wiki (This is a really cool project!)

[|High School Online Collaborative Writing]
 * [|Expansion on High School Online Collaborative Writing: Watch a screencast to show how easy it is to radically change writing in the secondary classroom.]
 * [|Article on the collaboration by Paul Allison.]

Post-Secondary, Government, and Business Trends in Wiki Use
[|A 'Free-Form Attitude'] As corporations, nonprofits and even governments make use of the free-form technology that is the wiki, Widipedia founder Jimmy Wales weights in on the power of collaboration. From Newsweek.

[|Eckerd College] Check this out! Wiki use in everything from chemistry to Shakespeare.

//[|Is Buiness Waking Up to Wiki?]// Video: John Seely Brown co-author of the recently released //The Only Sustainable Edge// and Socialtext CEO Ross Mayfield discuss the emerging role of the wiki in the evolution of corporate collaboration. Two other videos at this site: //Wiki While You Work// and //Getting 'Wiki' with the Team//. From CNET News.

//[|Power in Numbers]// "The United Nations, notorious for endless deliberations, is trying a technological quick fix. Its Global Compact Office, which promotes corporate responsibility, has embraced a once fringe social technology--the wiki--in hopes that it will help staff in 80 countries share information and reach consensus with less deliberation and more speed. The office has done this by enlisting the public in its review of progress reports from more than 2,000 companies--an effort to make sure each is complying..." From Newsweek International Edition 08-06-07.

[|The Game Has Changed: College Admissions Outpace Corporations in Embracing Social Media] "The ivory tower is outpacing even the business world."

[|The Wiki Workplace] from Business Week 03-26-07. Also See-- Business Week's [|Special Report: The Wikinomics Series].

[|University of Michigan] faculty using a wiki in interdisciplinary planning.

[|Using Wiki in Education]

[|Washington State University] From the website: "WSU Wiki is a site for WSU students, faculty, and staff to collaboratively develop documents (called "articles" for historical reasons) that are publicly readable and dedicated to the public domain (that is, no one can copyright them)." They are also using course wikis.

[|Wikimedia] A project of Wikipedia.

**Articles**
[|A Glorified Whiteboard: Classroom Wikis Make Students the Experts] From Edutopia

Wikis

 * Wiki**: "A wiki is a communal, subject-specific Web site where users are free to add and/or edit content. When it comes to Internet-based collaboration, there’s nothing easier to use, according to [Will] Richardson. In schools, wikis—some of which are password-protected—enable groups of students, teachers, or both to gather content and share written work. Some classes create their own textbooks and resource sites." [From Teacher Magazine, [|The Blogvangelist], October 1, 2006] The word //wiki// comes from the Hawaiian language meaning //quickly//.

[|Here is a movie clip] explaining what a wiki is. Here is another clip: [|Wikis in Plain English]. This movie clip provides more specific information on wiki creation and collaboration.


 * Wiki Providers** **or Hosting Services**

[|Peanut Butter Wiki] [|Seed Wiki] [|Wikispaces] [|Wiki.com]

[Be sure to select "for education" for advertisement--free spaces.]

[|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators] From Digital Directions Ed. Wiki Tips Experts recommend several steps to follow when using wikis, including:
 * 1.** Make use of the feature that alerts a wiki manager that changes have been made to the wiki. Check regularly to see what changes have been made and by whom.
 * 2.** Determine whether your wiki should be accessible to the public or be limited to a defined group.
 * 3.** Be aware of copyright and licensing issues when posting other people’s work.
 * 4.** Emphasize “digital professionalism” to the community that can add content to, edit, or otherwise revise your wiki to remind users that it is a document many other people will see. Talk about and make clear what is, and is not, acceptable on the wiki.
 * 5.** Especially when using wikis with students, take steps to prevent users from posting personal information that would reveal their identities.

//**Explore These 9-12 Examples of How Educators are Using Wikis**//

Math Exploration
= =

Science Exploration
= =

Language Arts Exploration
= = = =

Sports
[|Track Wiki]

Interdisciplinary--See Below Not to be Missed!
Education in a Flat World Wiki About this Site: "This site serves two purposes: (1) To educate teachers about the flat world and how it can enhance their teaching. (2) To connect teachers and their classrooms with another classroom, or classrooms, from across the neighborhood, state, country, or across the planet for the purpose of collaboration."

Flat World Project Wiki (This is a really cool project!)

[|High School Online Collaborative Writing]
 * [|Expansion on High School Online Collaborative Writing: Watch a screencast to show how easy it is to radically change writing in the secondary classroom.]
 * [|Article on the collaboration by Paul Allison.]

Post-Secondary, Government, and Business Trends in Wiki Use
[|A 'Free-Form Attitude'] As corporations, nonprofits and even governments make use of the free-form technology that is the wiki, Widipedia founder Jimmy Wales weights in on the power of collaboration. From Newsweek.

[|Eckerd College] Check this out! Wiki use in everything from chemistry to Shakespeare.

//[|Is Buiness Waking Up to Wiki?]// Video: John Seely Brown co-author of the recently released //The Only Sustainable Edge// and Socialtext CEO Ross Mayfield discuss the emerging role of the wiki in the evolution of corporate collaboration. Two other videos at this site: //Wiki While You Work// and //Getting 'Wiki' with the Team//. From CNET News.

//[|Power in Numbers]// "The United Nations, notorious for endless deliberations, is trying a technological quick fix. Its Global Compact Office, which promotes corporate responsibility, has embraced a once fringe social technology--the wiki--in hopes that it will help staff in 80 countries share information and reach consensus with less deliberation and more speed. The office has done this by enlisting the public in its review of progress reports from more than 2,000 companies--an effort to make sure each is complying..." From Newsweek International Edition 08-06-07.

[|The Game Has Changed: College Admissions Outpace Corporations in Embracing Social Media] "The ivory tower is outpacing even the business world."

[|The Wiki Workplace] from Business Week 03-26-07. Also See-- Business Week's [|Special Report: The Wikinomics Series].

[|University of Michigan] faculty using a wiki in interdisciplinary planning.

[|Using Wiki in Education]

[|Washington State University] From the website: "WSU Wiki is a site for WSU students, faculty, and staff to collaboratively develop documents (called "articles" for historical reasons) that are publicly readable and dedicated to the public domain (that is, no one can copyright them)." They are also using course wikis.

[|Wikimedia] A project of Wikipedia.

**Articles**
[|A Glorified Whiteboard: Classroom Wikis Make Students the Experts] From Edutopia