Wikis

=What is a Wiki?= The Word ‘wiki’ comes from the Hawaiian word ‘wikiwiki’ meaning quick. It is a type of website that allows the content to be changed quickly and allows for collaborative writing, reading, and editing.I"m editing this page.




 * Teaching Every Student Wiki
 * SED 379 Wiki [|http://138.87.80.129/mediawiki]
 * [|Using a wiki in Education]
 * CESA 5 - Wisconsin http://cesa5mathscience.wikispaces.com/
 * Classroom Google Earth http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com/
 * The Connected Classroom wiki http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/
 * Dr. Reich's Chemistry wiki http://reich-chemistry.wikispaces.com/

**Potential Uses of Wiki’s in the Classroom:**

 * Group authoring
 * A Hypermedia Presentation of Content
 * Communally Created Notes, Definitions and Concepts
 * Easily create simple websites
 * Project development with peer review
 * Track a group project
 * Data Collection
 * Review classes & teachers
 * Presentations [|Brian Lamb] of [|UBC]: [|What blogs, wikis, and Soylent Green have in common...]

Strategies for using Blogs & Wikis for students:

 * A student who writes a post or comments with an expanded keyboard, word prediction, or using symbol supports, looks just like someone who uses a traditional keyboard to the reader. Products like [|Co:Writer], [|Clicker 5], [|Intellitalk 3] and [|Speaking Dynamically Pro] can produce written output that can be posted to a blog.
 * Wikis in Education slide show http://www.slideshare.net/jpuglia/techspo-wiki-presentation/1

**Tools to Create Wiki’s:**

 * Wikispaces Wikispaces
 * WikiPages [|http://wikipages.com]
 * PB Wiki http://pbwiki.com/
 * SeedWiki [|www.seedwiki.com]
 * WikiCities http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia