Today, It's Your Turn To Create a Wiki of Ideas for Use in the Classroom

 

But before you begin, here are some ideas to get you inspired.

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Ideas Around Classroom Uses of Wikis

Adapted from Teaching Hacks' Wiki

1. Use for student projects where group members need to contribute at different times and from geographically diverse locations.
2. Use for collaborating on ideas and organizing documents and resources from individuals and groups of students.
3. Use as a presentation tool where those who attend a workshop can contribute to future versions of the workshop. It's as simple as this.
4. As a group research project for a specific idea.
5. Manage school and classroom documents.
6. Use as a collaborative handout for students.
7. Writing: student created books and journaling. (i.e. Wikibooks)
8. Create and maintain a classroom FAQ
9. As a classroom discussion and debate area.
10. A place to aggregate web resources.
11. Choose a topic on Wikipedia, break the topic into facts, students verify the facts using their information literacy skills, and make changes accordingly (Citing sources).
12. Create a classroom calendar with PB wiki for due dates and assignments.

 

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Fabulous Wikis

  

1. Wiki-fied Research Papers

 

2. Collaboration in a Flat World

 

3. Book Reviews

 

    Salute to Suess

 

    The Wright 3

 

4. Storehouse of Student Knowledge

 

        AP World History Wiki

 

        Wiki Textbook

 

 

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More Ideas for Using Your Wiki

 

Educational Wikis

This site aims to answer one question: How can I use wikis in education?

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

 

A Wiki-Walk Through

A nice overview of what wikis are and a host of selections about how to use them in the classroom

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

 

 

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Now it is your turn...

1. Form a group of 3-4 people.

2. Your Task is to create a wiki from scratch using 1 of the 3 services we talked about.

3. The purpose for your wiki is to locate educational uses of wikis or create your own wiki.

4. Divide responsibilities among your team members. Remember this is about collaboration. For example, one person might be responsible for the overall design of the wiki, one for inserting video content, one for searching for resources, and one for writing and editing.

5. After you are finished, post the name of your wiki and a link to it below.

 

 

 

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Your Wiki-Ventures