Wikis

toc "//Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing//." ~ Jimmy Wales, [|Wikipedia] founder

//Q. How many Wiki people does it take to change a lightbulb?// //A. One, but anyone can change it back. ~ [|langreiter.com]// = = =Why use a wiki?= Wikis promote //collaborative writing// by allowing multiple users to edit __any__ page, with full freedom to edit, change and delete the work of previous authors.Wikis maintain a history of all revisions to each page, including who made what changes. All visitors can be collaborators, or access to edit the wiki can be limited to approved users. Wikis are a great online tool for ongoing or long-term projects! For a window into how the world's best known wiki, [|Wikipedia], works, Check out the evolution of information in this [|London Bombings] wikipedia article or this [|amazing map]- which is probably being edited at this moment.

=Teacher Wikis=
 * Eva Wagner's Hought-Mifflin Tech Resources Wiki
 * [|Prairie Lands Writing Project Wiki]
 * Rotorua East Lakes Learning Community
 * [|How I Use Wikis in the Classroom] - article by Vicki Davis
 * WebTools4u2use - For a gathering of all things Web 2.0, here's some one-stop shopping

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 * [|100th Day Project] (Kindergarten counting project)
 * Survival Wiki- Watch this resource grow as 4th graders in Tammy DePont's class start adding a video of journals they have written as pioneers. They are going to scan their illustrations into moviemaker and have them narrate their entry. Then, we will put it on EdZone or...something!
 * [|Dan McDowell's Holocaust Wiki Project] and [|Handout]
 * [|Race and Me Poetry Unit]
 * Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Intro to Of Mice and Men)
 * [|Mr. Sloan's Journalist Writing Class]
 * Student Multigenre Research
 * Mrs. Koopman's Classroom Wiki
 * Periodic Table of Elements - Joe Wood's middle school students. Combines video, links, and customized PowerPoint slides. Wow!

= = =Wiki Resources=
 * Teacher Tips for Wiki Projects - Bill Ferriter's series
 * Teaching with Wikis - From the University of Minnesota
 * 50 Ways to Use Wikis
 * [|Teachers First - Wiki Ideas for the Classroom]
 * [|EETT Workshop on Wikis]
 * Educational Wikis
 * [|Nik Peachey's post on Using Wikis for Teacher Development]

=Wikispaces Resources=
 * [|Create K-12 education wikis]
 * Help for K12 Teachers
 * Wikispaces Help Index
 * help@wikispaces
 * Getting Tricky with Wikis - Ready to learn some fancy stuff? This is the site!

=In-Print resources=
 * [|Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age] - Suzie Boss & Jane Krauss
 * [|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms] - Will Richardson
 * [|Classroom Blogging: A Teacher's Guide to the Blogosphere] - David Warlick