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Wiki 101

Prudy Menard. Wiki 101. To develop a competent level of understanding of the Wiki technology and share this with my peers. OBJECTIVE.

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Wiki 101

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  1. Prudy Menard Wiki 101

  2. To develop a competent level of understanding of the Wiki technology and share this with my peers OBJECTIVE

  3. “A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. Wikispaces offer visual editing and various other tools to make sharing all kinds of content as easy for students as it is for their teachers” (Wikispace.com) What is a “Wiki”?

  4. 1995 - Ward Cunningham invented the Wiki The idea for the name came from a Hawaiian airport ‘Wiki Wiki shuttle’ (meaning quick shuttle) 2000 - many institutions began using it as their collaborative software 2007- officially became a word in the online Oxford English Dictionary (Wikipedia.org) Wiki History

  5. It allows group communication by storing data and enabling group members to communicate by adding to or changing the data A wiki template ensures a consistent layout Wikipedia has empowered community members to work collaboratively by providing transparency of edits on its content pages. What it does

  6. Watch this youtube video to get a better understanding of the Wiki concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY What it does

  7. 1. Wiki is free for teachers and students 2. Click on the link below to start your Wiki journey http://www.wikispaces.com/ How to get it

  8. Read the entire screen, click on ‘Teachers’ green box Teacher’s Instructions

  9. watch the Screen videos “Creating educational Wikis” and “Bulk user tool”

  10. Click on Sign up and get started

  11. As noted, wiki has been useful in group collaborative projects, so I have created a Wikispace for our group to give you an idea of what your student’s would be experiencing As the teacher, I have created the Wiki space and will need your email addresses to invite you into this space Once you receive your email to join Wiki, you must accept and create a password to be allowed onto the site Student’s instructions

  12. Think about the following questions. How would you use Wiki in your setting? Could you see Wiki being a useful teaching/learning tool that you would use on a daily bases? What pros and cons do you anticipate for yourself and your students? Now that you have signed up….

  13. Barsky E., Giustini D. (2007), "Introducing Web 2.0: wikis for health librarians", Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association28 (4): pp. 147–150, http://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/497/c07-036.pdf, retrieved May 14, 2012 . Cubric, Marija (2007), Analysis of the use of Wiki-based collaborations in enhancing student learning, University of Hertfordshire, https://uhra.herts.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2299/3672, retrieved May 14, 2012 Müller C, & Birn L (2006), Wikis for Collaborative Software Documentation, Proceedings of I-KNOW ’06 Roth C, Taraborelli D, & Gilbert N (2008), Measuring wiki viability. An empirical assessment of the social dynamics of a large sample of wikis, The Centre for Research in Social Simulation,, http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=cress References

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