Introducing Wikis
- 1. Teaching in Wikiland An Introduction to Using Wikis in the Classroom
- 2. What is a Wiki? A website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit content Like a Word Document online Easy to use and effective as a collaboration tool
- 4. Yes but can I learn to use it? You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min. There are several free sources for wikis.
- 5. What’s important about a wiki? Collaboration Hyperlinks
- 6. Wikis as Information Sources What do you know about Wikipedia?
- 7. Wikipedia: Wikipedia is: A free encyclopedia Multilingual Web-based Written collaboratively by volunteers Most articles can be changed by anyone Wikipedia has more than 3,210,000 articles
- 8. Wikipedia
- 11. Using Wikis in the Classroom Collaborative Tools for group work/Projects Data Collection Research Group/Individual Writing Peer Review Create a basic webpage with minimal skills Publish and Share work
- 12. Free Wiki Sites PB Wiki WikiSpaces Wetpaint
- 13. Steps in Creating a Wiki 1. Register as a user, it’s free 2. Create a Wiki 3. Set permissions and rights to enable sharing and collaboration Public and anyone can contribute; Public and people who become members can contribute; Private and only invited people can contribute and view wiki 4. Add content and develop pages 5. Invite members by email Wikis provide a backup and will show who modified the content. This allows you to block or monitor who is posting what to your wiki