Get Wiki With It

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Get Wiki With It

• Using PB Wiki
• Google Sites in the classroom

Kim Zimmer, Technology Facilitator
Avoca West Elementary School, District 37
avoca37.org/zimmerk
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Technology Horizons in Education
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Wiki What?Wiki is the Hawaiian word for fast or
quick
Wiki Wiki -Really Quick bus at the Honolulu
airport
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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A Wiki History

• In 1994, Ward Cunningham, developed the first
  Wiki application ever written, to make the
  exchange of ideas between his computer
  programmers easier.
• He called this application WikiWikiWeb.
• The most famous legacy of WikiWikiWeb is probably
  Wikipedia.

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The Wiki...according to WardThe simplest
online database that could possibly work

• Users can freely create and edit Web page content.

• Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text
  syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks
  between internal pages on the fly.

• Wiki is unusual among group communication
  mechanisms in that it allows the organization of
  contributions to be edited in addition to the
  content itself.

• Allowing everyday users to create and edit any
  page in a Web site is exciting in that it
  encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes
  content composition by nontechnical users.

Source What is Wiki http//wiki.org/wiki.cgi?Wha
tIsWiki
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• A wiki is continuously under revision.

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Why use wikis in education?

• Wikis encourage collaborative learning and
  information sharing.

• Wikis increase student engagement and
  participation.

• Wikis facilitate communication.

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Wiki Standards

• NET-S (National Education Technology Standards)

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50 Uses for a Wiki in the Classroom
Source www.wordle.net
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Setting up classroom accounts

• http//pbwiki.com/academic.wiki
• http//www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html

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Teacher
bookblurbers.pbwiki.com OR http//sites.google.c
om/a/collaboratory.northwestern.edu/5ascarycast/
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How do teachers introduce wikis to students?

• Create a mock wiki on the chalkboard or
  whiteboard. Have students focus on a topic and
  add their knowledge to the board over time.
  They can erase, edit and continue to add
  information. Translate that to a wiki lesson.
• Introduce students to the rules for writing on
  wikis or have them come up with their own rules.
  
  
• Develop a system for recording the efforts and
  accomplishments of individuals. (You can
  accomplish this by having students sign the pages
  they author or contribute to.)
• Almost every wiki has a StyleGuide a guide to
  the writing customs and the culture of the wiki.
  Have students collaboratively write a StyleGuide
  for their wiki.
• Ask students to play particular roles. One
  important role is the "Guard"--the person who
  watches the wiki pages and ensures that spam or
  bad edits are not entered, undermining the hard
  work of the wiki authors.
• Watch Wikis in Plain English with your students
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?v-dnL00TdmLY

http//writingwiki.org/default.aspx/WritingWiki/Fo
r20Teachers20New20to20Wikis.html
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Resources for Educators

• 50 Ways to Use Wikis
• Cool Cat Teacher
• Educational Wikis

http//educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articlesan
dResources
http//coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2005/12/wiki-wi
ki-teaching-art-of-using-wiki.html
http//educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/