1. Make a free wiki as easily as a
Peanut butter sandwich.

2. Wiki means Quick in Hawaiian

3. Example of Wiki Use
Video: Wikis in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

4. A wiki is an easy-to-use free web page that multiple people can edit.

5. In the classroom, a wiki is a free tool that empowers every student to participate in group projects.

6. James has assigned a team research project
James has assigned a team research project. What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high quality work?

7. Three great ways to communicate
with students
Wiki
Blog
Forum
Create Publish Comment Converse Post Ideas Respond Share Edit Collaborate Engage
Write Publish Comment
Converse
Post ideas
Respond

8. Justin Wylie Rockford High School
“It's so easy to create a site to help guide students along with projects. I have found that it's a good way to make handouts available to students - I just point them at the web address. I post links to my PBwiki sites on Rockford's site so that parents can access project guidelines as well.”
Justin Wylie
Rockford High School

9. Mary wants to be sure her students are
protected from the wider internet.
How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child predators?
How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web?

10. YOU control who sees your wiki
You set the password. You choose who participates.

11. Educator wikis are free and never display advertisements
NO ADS

12. Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on line.
Will her students write offensive comments?
How can she monitor her students activity?

13. You have a history of every edit You are notified of every change

14. No more “dog ate my homework”
Edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.

15. Wikis are Free and Easy to set up
No IT department is needed!

16. Simply create a password and begin

17. just like typing in Microsoft Word
Set it up and it works
just like typing in Microsoft Word

18. Just like creating a Word document
Just click and begin
Easily insert Images and Video

19. Post a picture or a video in three easy steps
Step 3 – You’re Done!!!

20. With easy to use plugins you can create a calendar.
Teachers can make coursework and homework information easily available to both students and parents.
With easy to use plugins you can create a calendar.

21. Quickly create new pages
Templates designed with teachers in mind
Unlimited pages for free educator wikis!

22. For more ideas check out the PBwiki educator page
For more ideas check out the PBwiki educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates and a community of fellow teacher users.

23. Ways Wikis are used in the classroom
Collaborative Problem Solving
Group Lab Reports
Web Essays
Class Writing Projects
Student Portfolios
Creating Scripts
Lit Circles

24. Wikis in my classroom

25. WHAT IS SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?
Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

26. Using Edtags.org in my classroom
Using with projects

27. Create your own account at edtags.org

28. CREATE YOUR OWN EDTAGS ACCOUNT
Click the register link
Enter required information… click the Submit button
You will receive the following message…
Check your for verification message ( this may take several minutes). When the message arrives, click the verification link. Congratulations… you can begin using your edtags account!

29. BOOKMARK & TAG WEBSITE
Did you find a website you want to bookmark? Great… EdTags is here to help!
Highlight one or two sentences on the page that describe the website content…
From the top menu, click Favorites
Select Post to Edtags.org
The highlighted text will display in the description box automatically… type a few tags to “label” the site.
Click the Add Bookmark button… the website is now entered under your My Bookmarks tab on EdTags.org.