What is a Wiki?

• A wiki is a medium which can be edited by anyone with access to the password, and provides an easy method for linking from one page to another.
• Wikis are typically collaborative websites. 
• Wikipedia is perhaps the best known wiki.
• Wikis typically are used for online work that is meant to be viewed rather than printed.  You typically can view a wiki without a password, and each page has a unique web address..  You need a password to edit a wiki.

   

Examples of Wikis used in the Classroom and School

Turn Homeword, Hannalee - a wiki by 5th graders, centered around a novel.  Note the page that explains the logistics of setting this wiki up with students.

Sign of the Beaver - a wiki based on the novel

Great Book Stories - project where students create audio and visual reviews of their favorite books using VoiceThread .

Village Elementary School Wiki - variety of research projects kept here, K - 6

Science Lab Wiki - post lab videos and more

Room 15 Wiki - good ideas for a student run wiki

WikiSpaces Hafford - elementary students make an ABC guide to their town (note: ads on this wiki could be a problem)

Body System Wiki - 7th graders collaborate on a wiki report.

Fraction Wiki - middle schoolers do all kinds of cool things to explain math processes, and add them to a wiki

Design Space Wiki - elements of design

WIKI Ideas for Professional Development

Wiki Ideas for the Classroom - more ideas and information

A Digital Arts Menu for Multiple Intelligences - interesting wiki with ideas on how to use different technology with different learners

Textbook Wiki - teachers using a wiki for textbook evaluation

How To Videos

Wiki While You Work - online presentation by Mary

Wikis to Use

PBwiki - this is what I used to make this wiki - pretty easy to use

Wikispaces - use this link to get an account for teachers with no ads

Writeboard - easy way to set up a web page that people can collaborate on, with only a password to log on.  (example:  planning meetings)

More Information on Wikis

ClassRoom2.0 - excellent wiki about wikis!