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WIKIS. Wiki What? Wiki is the Hawaiian word for “fast or quick”. Wiki Wiki -”Really Quick” bus at the Honolulu airport Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. What is a wiki?. Comparison. Web 1.0. Web 2.0. Web 1.0: Internet as Restauruant. Web 2.0: Internet as Kitchen.

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WIKIS

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  1. WIKIS

  2. Wiki What?Wiki is the Hawaiian word for “fast or quick” Wiki Wiki -”Really Quick” bus at the Honolulu airport Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

  3. What is a wiki?

  4. Comparison Web 1.0 Web 2.0

  5. Web 1.0: Internet as Restauruant

  6. Web 2.0: Internet as Kitchen

  7. Wikis You may Love or Hate Wikipedia WikiHow

  8. Wiki Considerations • Comfort with computers • Organization • Control • Collaboration • Structure • Technology

  9. Why Wiki • Easy to use • Engagement • Collaboration • Leadership

  10. Why not Wiki? • Vandalism • Disorganized • Control

  11. Types of Wikis Private Restricted Public

  12. Private Wikis • Business • Organization • School

  13. Restricted Wikis Course/class Brookstone Honors Calculus Library St. Joseph County Public Library's Subject Guides

  14. Public Wikis • Anyone on the Internet can view, and change. • Wikipedia • WikiHow • Community Portals

  15. Wiki Tips: Software (cont’d) • Wikis hosted by the software company offering free wikis for education: • PBWiki • WetPaint • SeedWiki • Wikispaces • Check out the WikiMatrix when trying to make a decision • Huge list of wiki software http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines

  16. Wikis in Education

  17. Educational Uses • Easily create simple websites • Project development with peer review • Group Authoring • Data Collection • Review classes & teachers • Presentations

  18. FOR TEACHERS • Collaborative syllabi • Tracking progress/behavior across classrooms • Meeting planning / agenda creation • Event planning • Collaborating with other/international schools • Develop a database of lesson plans Applications in Education

  19. FOR STUDENTS • Information sources • Collaborative projects • Writing tool • Connecting with other schools or students, • Peer editing / review • Learning consensus & compromise • Building outlines and reference lists • Annotating longer works/poems/stories • Creating online bibliographies • Online “study groups” Applications in Education

  20. VANDALISM Problems and Pitfalls

  21. PARTICIPATION Major factor in success/failure of wikis. Problems and Pitfalls

  22. Comfort Level TEACHERand STUDENT Problems and Pitfalls

  23. SCHOOL’S POLICY: • Can you post student work on the web? • Can you use student names/initials? • Can you post class pictures? • What is the policy on posting info that might identify the class online? • Can these policies be met through security settings, parent and student agreements? • Are the wiki tools that you want to use blocked by your school’s filter? (and: can they be unblocked?) Access, Permission, Use

  24. Lets look at a Wiki

  25. Setting up the Wiki Wikispaces Tour Brookstone Honors Calculus

  26. Handout • http://brookstonetechnology.wikispaces.com/ The End

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