Wiki Wiki -”Really Quick” bus at the Honolulu airport Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Web 1.0Web 2.0
Wikipedia WikiHow
Comfort with computers Organization Control Collaboration Structure Technology
Easy to use Engagement Collaboration Leadership
Vandalism Disorganized Control
Private Restricted Public
Business Organization School
Course/class Brookstone Honors Calculus Library St. Joseph County Public Library's Subject Guides
Anyone on the Internet can view, and change. Wikipedia WikiHow Community Portals Community Portals
Wikis hosted by the software company offering free wikis for education: PBWiki PBWiki WetPaint WetPaint SeedWiki SeedWiki Wikispaces Wikispaces Check out the WikiMatrix when trying to make a decisionWikiMatrix Huge list of wiki software
Easily create simple websites Project development with peer review Group Authoring Data Collection Review classes & teachers Presentations
FOR TEACHERS Collaborative syllabi Tracking progress/behavior across classrooms Meeting planning / agenda creation Event planning Collaborating with other/international schools Develop a database of lesson plans
FOR STUDENTS Information sources Collaborative projects Writing tool Connecting with other schools or students, Peer editing / review Learning consensus & compromise Building outlines and reference lists Annotating longer works/poems/stories Creating online bibliographies Online “study groups”
VANDALISM
PARTICIPATION Major factor in success/failure of wikis.
Comfort Level TEACHER and STUDENT
SCHOOL’S POLICY: Can you post student work on the web? Can you use student names/initials? Can you post class pictures? What is the policy on posting info that might identify the class online? Can these policies be met through security settings, parent and student agreements? Are the wiki tools that you want to use blocked by your school’s filter? (and: can they be unblocked?)
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