What+are+wikis?


 * We will explore the use of wikis in education together. Keep in mind that this is a tool. You have the ability to bring this to life in your lessons by applying 21st century thinking to your teaching. We will be exploring today how to integrate computer mediated discussion into the classroom. There are several ways, wikis is one!**

What is a wiki?: A wiki is a shared document that has limitless application for the classroom teacher. About half of all teens in the US are creating content on the internet...how about the adults?__** __??HAS ANYONE USED WIKI-PEDIA?__**
 * __I borrowed this from the blackhill.wikispace.....feel free to add ideas......
 * A wiki is a web site that lets others join in to create and edit the content. All you need is a computer with an internet connection. Wikis are always changing as people add to them. The famous example is Wiki-pedia, which is an online encyclopedia with millions of contributors and editors. The word "wiki" comes from Hawaiian language, meaning "quick" or "fast." **

Click on the Navigation links to go to other pages. When you have made your own class wiki, put a link to it on this site. To do this, however, you'll need to join this wiki so that I can give you editing rights. Simply click on "Join this Wiki" under Actions.

As the manager of this wiki I can accept you, but also 'lock' any pages so that you can't change (including delete) those pages. A useful feature for your grade's wiki. You'll be able to allow the students to edit some pages but not others. You can also view a page's history to see who did what, and to undo any major accidental deletions. Remember, wikis are a great way to promote 21st century skills. This means they should be used interactively to achieve the full benefit for the students. Here's a link to the [|Did You Know?] clip that we showed last year to remind about the bigger picture.

Here's a wonderful wiki called [|CR 2.0] (Classroom) which is about Web 2.0 technology and collaborative teaching. Lots of resources, lesson plans and ideas to 'springboard' from. Steve Sherman created a wiki for his history class: http://history-quest.wikispaces.com/ He also created an inservice class where teachers created wikis:http://thesocsd.wikispaces.com/ Here's a wiki that was created by Dorothy Taylor with lots of technology resources: https://socsd-web-tools.wikispaces.com/

You will find many, many great resources when you get out there searching and we are going to try to find ways to keep this information organized.