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Wikis in Education
Below are a few of the more popular wiki choices.

Wikispaces PBWorks

**How Teachers Use Wikis**

 * as place for students to share notes on a topic or unit of study
 * as a multimedia site for video, webpages, articles, etc. grouped by subject matter
 * as a digital portfolio of student created content
 * as reference sites

**How Students Use Wikis**

 * to revise, edit, comment, contribute, create content
 * to study from

Classroom Ideas

 * Science - describe lab experiments; add results; student made glossary of scientific terms with photos
 * History - debate on any issue; travel brochure on state or time period
 * Math - forum for collaboration on difficult problems; real world math applications; pictorial view of math problems
 * Book reviews; author studies
 * Reading/Writing - reading prompts - response logs (students post and comment on other posts; story writing (continuous story writing - learning center)

Get Started with Wikispaces
Wikispaces
 * Take the [|Wiki Walk-Through] Note "Ways to use Wikis" for specific examples by subject area
 * Take the [|Wikispaces Tour]
 * Wikispaces Help
 * Take a look at the Educational Wikis space. It has examples, a guide, and links to other resources. It's also a wiki so you can contribute your own examples and ideas

Workarounds
Drawback - if two or more students are editing the same page at the same time, they may overwrite each other
 * Small Edits
 * Communicate
 * Use the history
 * Discuss (discussion)
 * Refresh before writing

Wikispaces Classroom
The latest version of Wikispaces for education is Wikispaces Classroom. Wikispaces Classroom is free for teachers and students.


 * Projects
 * Events
 * Real Time Assessment - last 30 minutes
 * Newsfeed

Wiki Resources

 * [[file:Wikispaces training camp.pdf]]


 * [|Presentations about Wikispaces]


 * [[file:Ways to Use Wikis.ppsx]]


 * [|50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom]


 * Wiki Examples - tons of wikis from MovingForward Wiki


 * [[file:wiki use agreement.pdf]]

Wikis as ePortfolios
(Students and Teachers)
 * http://eportfolios.wikispaces.com/how-to
 * High School Portfolio - Student documents his Senior Project (using Google Sites)

Wikis to collaborate
Between schools at great physical distance from each other:
 * The FlatPlanet Wikispace -- Collaboration between school in United States and Canada. The project focuses on how the countries handle various environmental issues, and the students’ own responsibility to the environment.
 * ClassroomBraids -- Connecting students age 10-13 from around the globe as they learn about sailing and a world trip.

Well-Done Wikis!
Discovery-isms Project The Flat Classroom Project DelMarHistory

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