Wikis

=**Wikis-** Wiki-wiki means quick in Hawaiian. A wiki is a collaborative, co-editable web space...= Good Resource to begin with can be found here! Why Wikis - wiki for today's workshop
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Students' Intrinsic need to: > ([|David Warlick])
 * Flat Classroom Energy Sources **
 * To work in responsive information environments,
 * To communicate,
 * To share personal experience & Identity,
 * To Ask questions,
 * To Accomplish,
 * To form community,
 * To invest themselves,
 * To safely make mistakes,
 * To have audience and attention.

Helpful Links
"Wikis in Plain English"
 * [|The Art And Technique Of Wikis by David Warlick]
 * Eduwiki.us
 * Educational Wikis
 * The Connected Classroom Wiki Page
 * [|Teach with Tech Wiki Resources] || ==What is a Wiki?==

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|| Many examples More Examples of Educational Wikis [|K-8] from PBWiki
 * ==**Examples from Afar:**==

Literacy Leads the Way
 * //Professional Dev. & Collaboration//**

//**Elementary**// About Dinosaurs [|Collections of 100]

//**Secondary**// Mrs. Maines Wiki Great Debate 2008 [|9-12 High School] from PBWiki [|Middle School Math]

**Wikipedia - the most well known wiki**
"The biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. Over two million articles and still growing." An encyclopedia anyone can edit. [|www.Wikipedia.org] [|Nature Magazine: Comparison to Britannica for accuracy] [|New Yorker Article: "Can Wikipedia Conquer Expertise?] Look up some topic(s) you are familiar with. Check your sense of accuracy. Pick an offbeat topic such as Ithaca trails, or poison ivy. Edutopia: [|Using Wikipedia in the Classroom] || ==**Local Examples:**==

Langdo-nites A third grade teacher's class wiki http://incas-wiki-bjm.wikispaces.com/ bookseries literacymatters literacychanges ICSD Paraprofessional's Guide

Try Playing in a Wiki
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Getting Started With Your Own Wiki
Follow this link for tips on getting your own "advertisement free" wiki for educational use. Be sure to check with your school how you obtain proper release from parents and students. Here is the generic. Also consider ethics and responsibility through the use of some kind of. ||