(Hawaiian for fast) "Wiki" is a backronym for "What I Know Is" A Cool Tool to enhance Student Learning.

(Hawaiian for fast)"Wiki" is a backronym for

"What I Know Is"

A Cool Tool to enhance

Student Learning

What is a Wiki?What is a Wiki?

• A wiki wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who has permission to access it to contribute or modify its content.

• WikisWikis are collaborative websites. A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page they have been given access to using a web browser

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How can a Wiki help with 21How can a Wiki help with 21stst Century Skills?Century Skills?

Learning and Innovation SkillsLearning and Innovation Skillso Communication and

CollaborationLife and Career SkillsLife and Career Skillso Social and Cross-cultural Skills

Information, Media and Information, Media and Technology SkillsTechnology Skillso ICT (Information,

communication & technology) Literacy

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Looking at it another way…Looking at it another way…

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http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

Click on link below to see video

Soooo... How can they be Soooo... How can they be used?used?

• Classroom Webpage- posting assignments

• Forum for writing• Build Classroom

Community online• Communication for

students• Use with other teachers

to share information

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• Common Websites with free Wikis for teachers:–PBWorks–Wikispaces

http://pbworks.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/

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An An Example…Example…

Social Studies Current Social Studies Current Events Project – Events Project –

John Deserto, Middle schoolJohn Deserto, Middle school

Student posting:

Students can upload pictures, videos, write text, include links to websites, insert glogs, widgets, etc.

Teacher can put project information into wiki

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An Example continued…An Example continued…Social Studies Current Social Studies Current

Events ProjectEvents Project

Students and teacher can comment on student work

Teacher can monitor comments and student work

Teacher controls user privileges – writer, editor, view only or make administrator. PBWorks generates usernames and passwords for students under teacher account.

Create Your OwnCreate Your Own

• http://pbworks.com/

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Create Your Own Create Your Own cont.cont.

Go back to moodle for more information on how to create your own account.

ResourcesResources

• Wikispaces example and information about wikis

http://spacewithapurpose.wikispaces.com/Wikis+Home#What%20Does%20Wiki%20Mean%20and%20Stand%20For?

• Web 2.0 Tools for the Wiki• www.voki.com speaking avatar• www.schooltube.com uploaded videos• www.toondo.com build cartoons• www.polldaddy.com create and embed polls• http://edu.glogster.com/ Glogster

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