1. Temple BETT Technology Applications
Wikis
Temple BETT Technology Applications

2. What is a wiki?
“a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users”
You can look at the web page normally, or you can go into “edit” mode
People with an account can edit the webpage
Can keep track of changes made

3. Famous example of a wiki
Content is completely created by a collaboration of users, not by wikipedia itself.

4. Wikis as a teaching tool
Advantages:
Writing practice
Editing practice
Students can easily work on a project together
Collaboration and sharing of ideas
Easy for teacher to use and provide feedback
Good, easy to use tools available to create a wiki

5. Wikis as a teaching tool
Disadvantages
Some learning curve (for students and teachers)
If there are two people editing at the same time, may create conflicts

6. Collaborative project ideas?
In small groups, discuss ways students could work together to create a project on a wiki.
How is this different from what they can do on a blog?

7. Setting up a wiki
Go to A site just for educational wikis Very easy to use – very nice layout – very powerful little wiki