Wikis

Uses of Wikis in Education
 Without knowing any HTML, wikis allow students and teachers to create web pages. These pages can be edited anywhere and, if you choose, by anyone. A wiki allows for world wide collaboration.


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 You can use wikis for:
 * Class Notes
 * Parental / Student Communication
 * Lesson Summaries
 * Handouts
 * Course Syllabus
 * Course Links and Resource Notes
 * School or class calendar
 * Collaboration of Notes
 * Concept Introduction and Exploratory Projects
 * Dissemination of Important Classroom Learning Beyond the Classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher Information Page
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Student written books
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">School Newspaper
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Showcase for student projects
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Platform for peer review of student work



<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wikispaces

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wikispaces now hosts over 750,000 wikis for over 1,800,000 people.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Allows educators to have ad-free wikis for classroom use - []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Take a tour - []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other Wiki Resources
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Wikibooks] - A Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">  <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Wikipedia] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> -the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|wikiHow] - The How-to Manual That //You// Can Edit.