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//In using wikis, students are not only learning how to publish content; they are also learning how to develop and use all sorts of collaborative skills, negotiating with others the to agree on correctness, meaning, relevance, and more. In essence, students begin to teach each other."// (Richardson, 2005, p.19) = = = = =What is a Wiki? = A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant: you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection. A wiki is continuously “under revision.” It is a living collaboration whose purpose is the sharing of the creative process and product by many. One famous example is [|Wiki-pedia], an online encyclopedia with no “authors” but millions of contributors and editors. The word "wiki" comes from Hawaiian language, meaning "quick" or "fast.

**//What is the difference between a wiki and a blog?//**
A blog, or web log, shares writing and multimedia content in the form of “posts” (starting point entries) and “comments” (responses to the posts). While commenting, and even posting, are open to the members of the blog or the general public, no one is able to change a comment or post made by another. The usual format is post-comment-comment-comment, and so on. For this reason, blogs are often the vehicle of choice to express individual opinions. A wiki has a far more open structure and allows others to change what one person has written. This openness may trump individual opinion with group consensus.

Source: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki

[|Wikis in the Classroom] Video by Vicki Davis

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 * Wikis in Plain English Video**

=Wikis in Education: Ideas and Examples = //"For a wiki to work it requires active participation by many people, building a resource that participants and observers view as having value and being worthwhile."// (Stephens, 2006) Wiki Ideas

Many Examples of Wikis Used in Education Terry the Tennis Ball Wiki The Wright 3 Wiki Unsolved Mysteries Wiki CSI Wiki Pirate Wiki Flat Planet Wiki of Ancient Egypt [|Primary Math Wiki] This wiki has been set up for primary classes to share their math learning with other classes around the world. [|The 100th Day Project] [|Welcome to Room 15 Wiki!] This wiki is a classroom wiki. It is used for sharing student work, class happenings, and homework. DIgital Citizenship Wiki An example of collaborative research and authoring Mrs. Maine's Wiki Mrs. Barwick's Island Wiki Spice it Up a Notch with Nutmeg! Wiki  [|Creating Community Builders] Outdoor Culture and Technology Class [|Bayou St. John Wikipedia Article] written by students Westwood School Wiki [|American History 7th Grade Wiki] [|Pre-Cal Solution Manuel] This is a place for students to help each other learn by writing a collaborative solutions manual! [|AP Cal Exam Prep Wiki] [|Applied Math Solutions Wiki] [|Storybookipedia] Foldables Wiki YouSay EASTCONN Tech Council [|Wiki Grading Rubric] EO Biology Arts in the Afternoon Voices of the World Voices of the World is a global project that unites children's voices from around the world. [|Free Reading] Open resource and community for early literacy educators [|Freedom Train] A site where students share what they have learned about the quest for freedom and equality Teens and Technology A testing ground for idea on how to incorporate technology into the secondary and college level classrooms. =Creating Your Own Wiki =

[|Free Wikispaces for K-12 Teachers] (no advertising) Click here to sign up for a free wikispace. [|PB Wiki] Free wikis for educators

Send a list of usernames and passwords to help@wikispaces.com. To create accounts easily, format your list in the following manner with commas separating usernames, email addresses (if you have them - if you don't just leave them out), and passwords: code user1,email1@address.com,password1 user2,email2@address.com,password2 user3,email3@address.com,password3 code A few important notes that will help us create these accounts for you quickly: We have a large number of accounts on Wikispaces, so many combinations of first names, last names, and initials are already taken. It's much more likely all the accounts can be made as you ask if you add a school identifier to your students' usernames. For example, if your school is called John Smith High, instead of asking us for the usernames, //adam//, //james//, and //dom//, we recommend //jsh-adam//, //jsh-james//, and //jsh-dom//. Please make sure that usernames are at least 3 characters long (we allow letters, numbers, underscores _, or dashes -) and that passwords are at least 6 characters long. Finally, if you are sending us the list, make sure to let us know which wikis we should add them to as members.
 * How to Add Students** **to Your Wiki**
 * Usernames**
 * Length of Usernames and Passwords**
 * Which Wiki?**