Wiki What?
What is a Wiki | Sample Wikis | Uses in Educational Settings | Getting Started | Resources | FAQ
What is the difference between a wiki and a blog?
A blog, or web log, shares writing and multimedia content in the form of “posts” (starting point entries) and “comments” (responses to the posts). While commenting, and even posting, are open to the members of the blog or the general public, no one is able to change a comment or post made by another. The usual format is post-comment-comment-comment, and so on. For this reason, blogs are often the vehicle of choice to express individual opinions.
A wiki has a far more open structure and allows others to change what one person has written. This openness may trump individual opinion with group consensus.
(Taken from A Wiki Walk Through)
Watch Wikis In Plain English for a great overview to how wikis work and why you might use them over email for collaboration.
- CodeBlue - This site was build by 6th graders and has lots of information about body systems. The model they have used here is a great one.
- A French Language Instructional Wiki -A site for French beginners for Middle School teachers to use in the classroom and for students to use at home for extra practice. There are notes, flashcards, videos, and several online exercises, stressing differentiated instruction. There is also a link to my other site that is the equivalent of 8th grade French and 1st semester French I, in high school
- A Grade Three Classroom Wiki - A classroom website under continuous revision. Mostly used for classroom management at this point, but will also be used for publishing student work. Created with pbwiki.
- US
History Wiki - An 8th grade U.S. History class wiki. Since we will
not be using textbooks this year, this wiki will be used for hosting
the majority of information students will need to know for class.
Uses in an Educational Setting
They vary. You are limited by your own imagination. I urge you to explore and look at other wikis to get a full understanding of how they can vary in endless ways.
Edublogs.org
offers teachers an AD FREE
WIKI. This mattes because it enables us to better control what our students
are exposed to while online. To get your free wiki - sign up for an account
at edublogs.org and then on your main page - you will see the option to
get an AD FREE WIKI.
A Wiki Walk Through by TeachersFirst - A GREAT OVERVIEW! - Please go through this online tutorial before you set up your own Wiki.
- A Wiki Walk Through by TeachersFirst - A GREAT OVERVIEW!
- Cool Cat Teacher Blog - How I use wikis. What do you do? Vicki Davis disccussesher two primary uses: classroom organization and classroom content.
- Wikis In Education (PDF) - A great two paged PDF document that summerizes WIKIS.
No questions at this time. If you have some, please email berthelotj@spsd.sk.ca and if they are relevant to this site I will answer and post them here.