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Tutorials, Ideas, and Tools for creating and using wikis
Updated on Jul 04, 13
Created on Feb 16, 09
Category: Computers & Internet
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About this list
Wikis can be used by teachers and students for collaborative creation and editing of content - not just text, but also embedded images, videos, and other multimedia. The first section below explains how wikis work and gives ideas for using them in teaching and learning. The second section links to a couple of platforms you can use to create free educational wiki spaces.
Tutorials and Ideas for Use
A quick (under 4 minutes) video intro to how a wiki works from Commoncraft
From Teachers First. Check basics, ideas for different subjects, reasons to use a wiki. Read about some of the tools one can use for wikis - they suggest three of the most widely used tools, provide a sample they've created in each one, and provide an in-depth review of each wiki tool. Read about safety concerns, copyright issues, vandalism vs. editing, and view the sample student wiki warranty they provide. Finally move on to the last page - Lighting the Wiki, for good ideas on getting started.
"TeachersFirst offers this sample as a service to teachers seeking to set up wikis for their classrooms. It should not be seen as legal advice or as a legal document. Teachers wishing to use this document in total or in part must give credit to TeachersFirst for any portions used from this sample." Customizable Word doc that allows teachers to list purpose, safety guidelines, terms and conditions for students, and consequences of violating the warranty. Students must sign to participate.
PBworks wiki with great resources and tips on how to make effective use of wikis in teaching and learning
Discussion forum with topics posted by educators - questions and answers about using wikis in teaching and learning. Postings are not necessarily recent, but still some good topics and discussions between educators using wikis - ideas, guidelines, etc. PBwiki is former name of PBworks.
"Wikibooks is a collaborative book authoring website, where users from all over the world work together to write textbooks and other types of instructional books on many topics. It is a Wikimedia project, operated by the same group of people who run Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation." Check the subsite WikiJunior (page link on left), a source of "non-fiction books for children from birth to age twelve... written by an international community of volunteers."
From University of Minnesota - a wiki itself with ideas about how to use wikis - aimed at university level, but has good ideas about how wikis can support learning regardless of age.
Wiki Tools
Tools you can use to create wikis
Signup page for a free PBworks account - "PBworks Basic Edition is a great way to get started with a collaborative learning experience for your classroom or course. It's free for academic use by up to 100 students, teachers or parents." Great features including: easy to embed multimedia; easy to see see who changed what and automatically reverse any changes; easy to control access making it private or public and assign roles to users; easy to set up set of student accounts without individual email addresses.
This educator page for Wikispaces has lots of resources for teachers and a link to sign up for account and start creating wikis.
Additional info about wikis
15 items | 103 visits
Tutorials, Ideas, and Tools for creating and using wikis
Updated on Jul 04, 13
Created on Feb 16, 09
Category: Computers & Internet
URL: