1. Teaching in Wikiland An Introduction to Using Wikis in the Classroom By Aubri Keleman

2. Teaching in Wikiland Objectives: Introduce wikis and present Wikis as information sources Wikis as professional tools for teachers Ideas for using wikis with students

3. What is a Wiki? A piece of software Like a word document online A page anyone can edit

4. Yes but can I learn to use it? You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min. There are several free sources for wikis.

5. What’s important about a wiki? Collaboration Hyperlinks

6. Seedwiki

9. Wikis as Information Sources What do you know about Wikipedia?

10. Wikipedia: Wikipedia is: A free encyclopedia Multilingual Web-based Written collaboratively by volunteers Most articles can be changed by anyone Wikipedia has more than 3,210,000 articles

11. Wikis as Information Sources Wikipedia or Whackypedia…

12. Wikis as Information Sources Nature magazine carried out an expert-led investigation of Wikipedia comparing it to Britannica. “The exercise revealed numerous errors in both encyclopedias, but among 42 entries tested, the difference in accuracy was not particularly great: the average science entry in Wikipedia contained around four inaccuracies; Britannica, about three.” (Giles, 2005, 1)

13. Wikis as Information Sources University of Buffalo professor Alex Havelis created 13 errors on various posts of Wikipedia. All were fixed within a couple of hours. During the tsunami, Wikipedia was called “the most comprehensive source on the web.” ( Richardson, 2005,2)

14. Wikipedia

16. Wikijunior

18. Wikis as Professional Tools for Teachers Wikis support collaborative projects by: Teachers School board members Schools.

20. Wikis in Elementary and Middle Schools Wikis in upper elementary school have been used for collaborative writing: Class newspaper Story telling Poetry Correcting teacher samples of writing Classroom wikipedia Other ideas for wikis: Brainstorming Group work

22. Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School

23. Sample for First Grade

24. How might students use wikis? As information sources As collaborative tools for group work As an authentic reason to write and read As a way to publish and share work

25. Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis Kindergarten: How to type How to use a mouse How to paste a picture in a wiki ABC book Grade three: How to edit a wiki How to add to the class wikipedia

26. Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis Grade 7: Using wikis on a collaborative project (A single lesson could be on respect in wikiland) Evaluating wikipedia as a resource Adding to wikijunior or wikipedia

27. On Your Handout… Free Wikis Informational Wikis What can wikis do? Teaching wiki ethics Sandbox wiki References