Wikis

A wiki is a collaborative web site.
 * __What is a Wiki?__**

Video: [|Wikis in Plain English] Check on content keeper

[|Wikipedia's entry on wikis]

[|A Glorified Whiteboard]


 * __Examples of Wikis:__**

[|Grandview Library- Third Grade Wikis]

[|Yewlands Science Wiki]

[|Wikiplaces] an example of an ABC book type wiki

[|Hannalee] (fifth grade novel study)

LMS Book Club

Deep River Elementary School

Flat Classroom Project

[|Charlotte's Web Class Project]

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/


 * __How to Use a Wiki__**

[|Wikispaces: A tutorial]

Creating your own wiki- [|__http://www.wikispaces.com/t/x/teachers100K__] You must use this site to create your wiki which will create an advertisement-free wiki!

__**Wiki Tips:**__ Remind students to not use last names. Set up guidelines for editing each other's work. Under Manage Space, use the Members and Permission feature to establish who can view and edit your wiki. Public means anyone can see and edit your wiki. You can also lock down your wiki so that anyone can view it but only members can edit. See the Wikispaces Help for Teachers to see how to create member accounts for your students. My recommendation for a class site would be to use members.

Have each student in a class contribute to a paragraph on a particular topic. Ask students to define something, and each student responds. Poll students on a question. content research wikiplace abc page on China Egypt or Mali writing activities/editingNotes collaborative note taking compare/contrast info/ideas
 * __Ideas for Using a Wiki__**

Class story collaborative sections

Homework support peer/teacher assistance

Tutoring peer/teacher Daily Classroom News used as a center Class editing Sharing notes Continual sort ~ students can cotinually add to sort Brainstorming ~ building background, making predicitons, summariesYou could use it to collect info about the regions of the U.S.