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The Wide World Of Wikis
- 1. The Wide World of Wikis Benjamin Curran University Prep Academy November 1, 2007 http://upa.curran.googlepages.com http://mrcurran.pbwiki.com
- 2. Presentation Outline Wiki FAQ Teacher Uses Classroom Uses Wiki How-To Web 2.0 Can Work for You
- 3. Part One: Wiki FAQ
- 4. Q: What is a wiki? A wiki is a website that ANYONE with access can create and edit. No HTML knowledge required Access it from anywhere No IT needed In most cases completely free Works on old/slow computers YOU CAN HAVE ONE UP AND RUNNING IN FIVE MINUTES!!!
- 5. Q: What’s up with the name? From the Hawaiian word for quick: wiki-wiki
- 6. Q: How come I’ve never heard of wikis before? Oh, but you have…
- 9. wikihow.com
- 10. wikianswers.com
- 11. wikiquote.org
- 12. Q: Ben, this is all fairly interesting, but you still haven’t answered this important question: WHY WIKI???
- 13. Reason #1: It makes life easier. Work smarter, not harder.
- 14. Scenario: Life Before Wikis Your group project is due this week. You and your colleagues have each worked hard on your separate parts. But how will you put it all together into one final product???
- 15. E-MAIL E-MAIL E-MAIL E-MAIL E-MAIL E-MAIL E-MAIL E-MAIL
- 16. Scenario Two: Life With Wiki With that same project, team members can post their individual work to a wiki, edit it together, and share the work of creating the final product
- 18. Reason Two: Which century are you preparing your students for?
- 19. That one???
- 20. Or this one???
- 21. This ain’t your father’s Oldsmobile World Wide Web. 20 th Century = Web 1.0 21 st Century = Web 2.0
- 22. Buzz-word Alert!!! Wikis are a part of this “new” web… What is it???
- 23. Web 1.0 The “old” web Read-Only Published content The superhighway runs only one way Dominated by search engines & e-commerce
- 24. Web 2.0 User generated content Two-way flow of information “ Participatory Web” Wikis = Web 2.0
- 26. Reason #3: What kind of learners do you want to grow?
- 27. If you want learners that can… Collaborate Synthesize Create Design Cooperate Visualize Use metacognition And much more!!! … then wikis are for YOU!
- 29. Part Two: Teacher Uses
- 30. Easy-to-make Class Website Assignments and Projects Classroom Calendar Photographs Newsletters & Parent Communication Links for Parents and Students
- 31. Collaboration with Colleagues Share ideas & info Discuss best practices Plan trips and events
- 34. Part Three: Classroom Uses
- 35. Group Projects Anything where parts / roles are assigned Assignments requiring data gathering Group research work
- 36. Example #1: Group Research Your group is researching Michigan. You must write a research paper together. Each member is assigned a region. Group members can complete research independently, then post their portion of the project to the team’s wiki page.
- 37. Example #2: Wikibooks This month’s social studies unit is “The Civil War.” Each member of the class can research a different figure or battle and post that info to the wiki, creating a WIKIBOOK.
- 38. Example #3: Long Distance Collaboration Your class and classes at four other schools around the country want to track meteorological data in their region. Each class posts their data to a spreadsheet on the wiki, making the data easy to analyze and compare.
- 39. Online Storytelling Promote creativity and collaboration by creating online stories, complete with images and/or illustrations.
- 40. Example: Choose Your Own Adventure Source: http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/
- 41. Classroom Discussion Board Respond to teacher’s question Respond to each other Great for Literature Circles or Literature response
- 42. Online Glossaries & Study Guides Each student assigned a concept or vocabulary words to explain Students post explanations to the class wiki The result? A collaborative study guide
- 43. Study Guide Example Source: http://studyingsocietiesatjhk.pbwiki.com/
- 44. Webliographies Students & Teachers post links for themselves and others Source: http://gps7socialstudies.pbwiki.com/
- 45. E-portfolios Showcase student work from on and off the wiki Source: http://westwood.wikispaces.com/
- 46. Other Uses Writing Practice Weekly Edits Weekly Writing Prompt
- 48. Part Four: Wiki How-To
- 49. Wiki Farms Pbwiki.com Wikispaces.com Wetpaint.com Atwiki.com Stickipad.com
- 50. My Wiki Farm of Choice:
- 51. 4 Steps to a PBWiki Give your wiki a name Give your wiki a password Public or Private? Create your FrontPage
- 52. Editing your Wiki There are two buttons you must never forget when editing your wiki…
- 53. Edit page
- 54. Which gives you the Point-and-Click Editor…
- 55. And the Save button… Without it, your changes won’t be made!!!
- 56. Have no fear… If you can use Microsoft Word, you can edit a PBWiki page!
- 57. Other important PBWiki Buttons…
- 58. Add a page to your wiki…
- 59. Images
- 60. Links Just highlight the text that you want to become a link (either to a page on your wiki or to an outside URL) and click this button.
- 61. Plug-Ins…
- 62. PBWiki Plug-Ins Spreadsheets Photo Slideshows YouTube Videos Chat room Voice chat And more!
- 63. Safety & Security Password protection Email notifications Track edits with the “Recent Activity” tab Restore option “LOCK” any page
- 64. The main drawback / objection… When do you find the time to do all this???
- 66. Part Five: Web 2.0 Tools to Use
- 67. Social Bookmarking Save bookmarks from any computer Search popular sites bookmarked by other users
- 68. My Favorite: del.icio.us
- 69. Blogs Great for one-to-many communication and for student or teacher reflection.
- 70. Podcasting Audio files for download One time download or subscription Students can create & upload to blog or wiki
- 71. A Great Podcasting Resource: EPNWeb.org
- 73. Last chance…
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