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Wiked Wikis
Wicked Cool and Wicked Easy for Posting Information and Links and Living the
3 C's of Communication, Colaboration and Creation
Example Wikis:
Elementary (Grade 1) - student created
Upper Elementary & Middle School Examples
- http://witchesandwiki.pbwiki.com/ - Witches and Wiki is the first interactive novel via wiki, about 13 authors. Just write for a password so that you can contribute.
- As a Class Webpage (place to host videos, student writings, assignments, etc)
- The Tech Squad - students use this wiki to organize their "work" schedule & reflection
- Inventors Wiki - plan and business
High School - Teacher Created & Flat Classroom Projects
- Flat Classroom Project - a global Hands-on project for senior high school students which was founded by Julie Lindsay (Qatar Academy, Qatar) and Vicki Davis (Westwood School s, USA) in 2006 . This project has won ISTE's Online Learning Award (2007) and included in Thomas Friedman's book, the World is Flat, upon which the project is based. Students will research trends in information technology and globalization, write a collaborative research report, and produce digital videos about their topics.
- Flat Classroom Project Participants in Malaysia Page - a "Sounding Board" for students to evaluate collaborative projects. A very nice template and format.
- Great Book Stories - This is a collaborative wiki space for K-20 students and educators wanting to LISTEN AND SEE: Access stories about great books; CREATE: Author original stories about great books; SHARE: Safely share stories about great books with a global audience and receive feedback!
- Using PB Wiki For Educators
- Make the best study guide
- GMAT Study Guide Wiki
Educator & Resource-Sharing Wikis
Professional Development 23 Things Outstanding Program!
Please Review some of the Wikis Cited Above and Include your Reactions in our Google Doc (Click here)
Uses for a Wiki
- Collaboration
- Debate Arguments - build your case for your team to present
- "Make the best study guide" contest
- Collaborative Novel Cross-Country or Cross-World like the Witches & Wikis story
- Make a survey in which people fill in their information Rituals
- Provide a space for free writing
- Debate course topics, including assigned readings
- Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscripts
- Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects
- Require students to collaborate on documents, such as an essay written by the entire class
- Discuss curricular and instructional innovations
- Encourage students to revise Wikipedia pages or take on new wikipedia assignments
- Inspire students to write a Wikibook
- Support service learning projects (i.e. use wikis to build a website about a challenge in their city
Teaching with a Wiki (Vicki Davis)
Getting Kids Going with Wikis (Teacher Advice)
The Art of Using Wikis to Teach
People using a Wiki - students and users talk about "keeping an idea going"
Getting A Wiki Going - Preferred sites [pbwiki, wikispaces, wetpaint]
PBWiki 2.0 Manual
PBWiki Training and Forum Webinars
Getting Started with WIkispaces .pdf
WetPaint *(scroll down for video demo)
Educators of PBwiki talk about real use-cases for PBwiki. They go over examples of how to realistically utilize PBwiki within a class room.
PBWiki for Educators
Setting up a Wiki with Wet Paint(very similar to other wikis)
Fun Stuff
Embed audio & podcast recordings with Odeo.com
Insert Plugins and put gadgets, spreadsheets, videos and more on your wiki.
Why do we use technology?
- kids are digital...
- kids are into instance gratification, entertainment,
- relevant
- future skills
- engaged
- instant feedback
Persuasion Map
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