Wikis in Education
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[edit] What is a Wiki?
The term "wiki" comes from a Hawaiian word meaning "quick." A wiki is an online resource that is easily editable by any user from any Internet browser. Wikis allow for cross-referencing outside links or other pages in the same wiki. Anyone can edit anyone else's work in a wiki. Wikis can be reverted back to previous edits. Wikis were created by Ward Cunningham for the Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. Web-based wikis can be created with free server-based software such as MediaWiki.
[edit] Wiki Information
TeacherFirst: Wiki Walk-Through
Wikispaces - Educational Wikis
Wired, March 2005: The Book Stops Here
eSchool News Online, January 25, 2006
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
[edit] Activity: Discovering Wikipedia
To become more familiar with the Wikipedia editor, there is a Sandbox for the Erie 1 Wiki, which requires a login to edit: http://e1online.wnyric.org/wiki/index.php/Sandbox. This wiki uses the same software and editor as Wikipedia.
After you are done testing the editor, go to the Wikipedia Main Page at http://www.wikipedia.org/, or click on the “globe” in the upper left-hand corner.
1. Enter your hometown (e.g. Smethport, PA) in the Search box and click the “Go” box.
If no page is found with that title look in the Results area in the lower area to see if there might be a listing that uses a different format for the same information.
2. Read the information and if you find any inaccurate information, click the “edit this page” tab, correct the errors and then click the “Save page” button.
3. Click the “edit this page” tab and add some information based on your experience growing up there. For example, you might add a section called “notable businesses” to identify a business where your parents may have worked. You could also add a section dealing with sports teams and identify some information about the performance of a team you were involved with. If you want to edit an existing section of the page, click on the “edit” hyperlink just above that section. Save the page.
4. Click the “history” tab to see the reference to your change. Click on (last) on the line for your entry to view your changes compared to what it was prior to your change.
5. Click the Globe in the upper left corner of the page to go to the Main Page of WIKIPEDIA. On the first line is a hyperlink “anyone can edit.” Open the link and read the Introduction.
6. Click the button “Learn more about editing.” Read the “Five Pillars” section. At the bottom of the page is a “See also” section with “Wikipedia’s principles.” You may want to read the “Simplified Ruleset,” “List of policies,” and “Statement of principles” articles from this section.
7. Scroll to the very bottom of the page, click the hyperlink “About Wikipedia,” and read the entry for background information about Wikipedia.
[edit] Types of Wikis
[edit] Encyclopedias
[edit] Online Books
[edit] Online Dictionaries
[edit] How-To Guides
Wikibooks - Garage Band Quick Tutorial
University of Calgary - Podcasting
[edit] Best Practice Resources
[edit] Online Libraries
[edit] News Wikis
[edit] Other Wikis
Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki
[edit] Wiki Lesson Ideas
Incorporating Wikis into the Classroom
[edit] ENGLISH
Book reviews and comments
Socratic Seminars
Literature Circles
Free writing
Writing samples
Bibliography
Revisions
Collaborative writing
- Example: Teen Poetry Wiki
Create and post a story or book idea and have feedback and changes made for creative writing class
Essential questions or chapter questions for a novel
Vocabulary activity
Current events news
Updated information for subjects
[edit] SOCIAL STUDIES
Socratic Seminars
Debates
Current events news
Research – Example: Studying Societies at JHK
[edit] SCIENCE
Species research
Class review
[edit] ELEMENTARY
Wikispaces - Free sites for Teachers
[edit] Wikis Embedded into Webquests
Social Security: A New Challenge for the 21st Century
India and Pakistan Webquest Example
[edit] Wiki Rubrics
[edit] Free Wiki Hosting
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
pbwiki - http://pbwiki.com/
Writeboard - Simple text-and-comment interface; can use HTML
Zoho Wiki - http://wiki.zoho.com/
Seedwiki - http://www.seedwiki.com/
BluWiki - http://www.bluwiki.org/go/Main_Page
MediaWiki - Host on Your Own Server
Wiki Matrix - Compare Wiki Hosts
[edit] Issues Surrounding Wikis
The Wiki Revolution - Andy Carvin Presentation
Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
Wikipedia:External peer review - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_peer_review#Findings_5
Wikipedia and Britannica - The Kid’s All Right (And So’s the Old Man) http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/mar06/berinstein.shtml
Where Flattery, Insult Lives Side by Side (Buffalo News, 3/12/2006)
eSchool News on Citizendium - http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6877
The Latest on Virginia Tech, From Wikipedia (New York Times, 4/23/2007)
