wonderful world of wikis - updated feb 2010

Wonderful World of Wikis

Chrissy Hellyer

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What’s a wiki?

Adam Frey, co-founder of Wikispaces, describes wikis as:

•A page with an edit button

•easy+history+groups

•Compared to a blogblog – stream of journal entries, a conversation

wiki – pages edited by groups

‘a web page with an edit button’


http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page


Pedagogical Uses of the Wiki

• Lesson Summaries

• Notes Collaboration

• Introduction & Exploratory Projects

• Think-Pair-Share

• Individual Assessments (efolios)

• Classroom Organisation

From: Vicki Davis: www.coolcatteacher.blogspot.com


Why Wikis?

• Free

• Runs on older computers

• Runs on slower internet connection

• Easy

• Technology-enabled cooperative learning


Introduction to Wikis• Westwood School (Vicki Davis: CoolCatTeacher)

• Code Blue (Kim Cofino)

• ProjectFeelGood (K.Cofino & C.Hellyer)

• Room231 • Global Collaborations (Inspired by Learning2.0 Shanghai 09)

• Soar 2 New Heights (Y7 & Y8 Collaborative Wiki)

• New7wonders (Y7 & Y8 Collaborative Wiki)

• Room15 Wiki (Mr. Lindsay’s 6th grade classroom wiki)

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/

http://codeblue.wikispaces.com/

http://www.projectfeelgood.wikispaces.com/

http://room231isb.wikispaces.com/

http://globalcollaborations.wikispaces.com/

http://soar2newheights.wikispaces.com/

http://www.new7wonders.wikispaces.com/

http://mrlindsay.pbwiki.com/


The Basics of Using a Wiki

• Creating a space

• Editing a page

• Creating a link

• Page history


Good Wiki Habits

• Small edits

• Communicate

• Use the history

• Discuss

• Refresh before writing

• RSS feed the edits for monitoring


More of a Whiz?

• Try Tiddlywiki

http://tiddlywiki.com/


Which Wiki? Free Wiki Hosts

wikispaces

PBworks

Seedwiki

XWiki

Wetpaint

(paid version only now)

(download)

(formally PBwiki)

(personal favourite)

http://www.wikispaces.com/

http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview

http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview

http://www.seedwiki.com/

http://www.seedwiki.com/

http://www.xwiki.com/

http://www.wetpaint.com/


Classroom Considerations

• Making student accounts

• Private vrs public

• Structure vrs free-form

• Installation Options

• Policy for wiki use

http://www.room18tis.wikispaces.com/wiki_warranty


Using wikis in the Classroom

• Make a wiki with wrong information – have students correct it

• Students start a wiki on a topic – others in the class add to it

• Classroom Organisation (Hub)

• International Languages

• Maths Classroom Textbook


Using wikis in the ClassroomCollaborative writing:• Class newspaper• Story telling• Poetry• Correcting teacher samples of writing• Classroom wikipedia

Other ideas for wikis:• Brainstorming• Group work


Pros

• Web-based – no single student hogs the file

• Encourages collaboration

• Everyone can easily contribute & edit

• Teachers can pop in to comment or monitor progress and see the variety and level of student contributions


Cons

• Could be vunerable to hacking

• Could inspire editing quarrels as groups negotiate content

• Only one person can edit a page at a time


Things to Think AboutNote: Different hosting sites have different degrees of functionality.

• What type of access have you granted to your wiki?

• Is the wiki you have set up appropriate for your age group?

• Have you communicated with your parents and your principal?

• How will you address the idea of Internet safety/security for students?

• How will you monitor student activity?


Cool Things to Embed in a Wiki• GoogleVideo, Photostory, MovieMaker• YouTube, TeacherTube – www.youtube.com www.teachertube.com/index.php• Photobucket / Flickr - http://photobucket.com/ www.flickr.com/• Blip.tv - http://blip.tv/• GoogleMaps - http://maps.google.com/maps• Clustrmaps – http://clustrmaps.com/admin/action.php• Twitter – http://twitter.com• Meebo – www.meebo.com• Voki - www.voki.com/mywebsite.php• Odeo - http://studio.odeo.com/create/home• YackPack - http://w.yackpack.net/yackpack/index.jsp• VoiceThread - http://voicethread.com/• Bubbl.us – www.bubbl.us• Bubbleshare – www.bubbleshare.com• Slideshare – www.slideshare.net• Splashcast – http://web.splashcast.net/console• Elluminate - www.elluminate.com/index.jsp• Gickr - http://gickr.com/• Airset – www.airset.com• Toondoo – www.toondoo.com• WebsitePolls - http://www.free-website-polls.com/

http://www.youtube.com/

http://www.teachertube.com/index.php

http://photobucket.com/

http://www.flickr.com/

http://blip.tv/

http://maps.google.com/maps

http://clustrmaps.com/admin/action.php

http://twitter.com/

http://www.meebo.com/

http://www.voki.com/mywebsite.php

http://studio.odeo.com/create/home

http://w.yackpack.net/yackpack/index.jsp

http://voicethread.com/

http://www.bubbl.us/

http://www.bubbleshare.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/

http://web.splashcast.net/console

http://www.elluminate.com/index.jsp

http://gickr.com/

http://www.airset.com/

http://www.toondoo.com/


Useful Links

• Wikispaces for Teachers• TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through• Educational Wikis• Wiki That! (Scroll down to: Good Ideas for the classroom)

• Wiki in a K-12 classroom• What’s a Wiki?• Wikis


Questions & Answers


Wiki Workshop Practical

Exercises 1 & 2


Wiki Practical 1

• Register for Wikispaces

• Create a username & password

• Join this wiki


Wiki Practical 2

• Add a title, highlight it & change to Heading 2• Bold, italicize• Add bulleted items• Add a numbered list• Insert a horizontal rule• Insert a hyperlink to your school’s website• Upload a document or photo• Find a video on TeacherTube & embed it into

your wiki

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