CARISSA TOMLINSON, MLIS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIBRARIAN LIAISON TO GERONTOLOGY, NURSING, HEALTH SCIENCES AND CULTURAL STUDIES Wikis for the Classroom

Brief Library Commercial… Did you know that we can come into your classroom to teach to an assignment? We’ll tailor a library instruction session to your assignment. Do your students know that they can make an appointment with us for extra help? Did you know that I can create web pages with resources specifically for your class? http://pages.towson.edu/ctomlins/individualclasses/nurs710.html Who is your library liaison? Health Science, Gerontology, Nursing - Carissa Tomlinson Nursing and most everything else- Sarah Crest

Did you know that we can come into your classroom to teach to an assignment? We’ll tailor a library instruction session to your assignment.

Do your students know that they can make an appointment with us for extra help?

Did you know that I can create web pages with resources specifically for your class?

http://pages.towson.edu/ctomlins/individualclasses/nurs710.html

Who is your library liaison?

Health Science, Gerontology, Nursing - Carissa Tomlinson

Nursing and most everything else- Sarah Crest

What is a Wiki? A type of website that allows for easy editing, by one or more people. Wikipedia is an example Generally the administrator gets to decide who has permission to do anything to the wiki. Can be created collaboratively or edited collaboratively, but does not have to be collaborative. Hawaiian for quick Also easy ! Usually no need to know HTML or FTP programs

A type of website that allows for easy editing, by one or more people.

Wikipedia is an example

Generally the administrator gets to decide who has permission to do anything to the wiki.

Can be created collaboratively or edited collaboratively, but does not have to be collaborative.

Hawaiian for quick

Also easy !

Usually no need to know HTML or FTP programs

Great tool for many different educational needs Class wiki Post links to assignments, exercises, announcements, etc- similar to using Blackboard. Easily integrate multimedia Video Photos RSS feeds from relevant journals, blogs, news sources Class calendar Make it interactive Chat widget could be used for online office hours Post reading questions- require students to answer in the comments of the wiki (students can then learn from one another) Make a poll or a quiz that students can answer directly on the wiki

Class wiki

Post links to assignments, exercises, announcements, etc- similar to using Blackboard.

Easily integrate multimedia

Video

Photos

RSS feeds from relevant journals, blogs, news sources

Class calendar

Make it interactive

Chat widget could be used for online office hours

Post reading questions- require students to answer in the comments of the wiki (students can then learn from one another)

Make a poll or a quiz that students can answer directly on the wiki

Class wiki examples East Carolina University -English 1200 http://eng1200.wetpaint.com/ Hamilton Secondary College -Forensics http://hamiltoncsi.wetpaint.com/ National-Louis University - Children and Families Under Stress http://eustress.wetpaint.com/

East Carolina University -English 1200

http://eng1200.wetpaint.com/

Hamilton Secondary College -Forensics

http://hamiltoncsi.wetpaint.com/

National-Louis University - Children and Families Under Stress

http://eustress.wetpaint.com/

Assignment/Exam Preparation Wiki Focus your wiki on the major assignment or exam Assignment/exam information/instructions Multimedia options A place for students to ask questions to you and their peers Pediatric Education for DNBs http://dnbpediatrics.wetpaint.com/

Focus your wiki on the major assignment or exam

Assignment/exam information/instructions

Multimedia options

A place for students to ask questions to you and their peers

Pediatric Education for DNBs

http://dnbpediatrics.wetpaint.com/

Student Group Project Wiki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY Keep all work in one spot- don’t worry about exchanging emails Keep research/bibliographic information in one spot Share a project calendar Brainstorming area – especially useful for web based classes or classes without much group time Document tracking makes it easy to write a rough draft and turn it into the final Keep all contact info accessible online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Keep all work in one spot- don’t worry about exchanging emails

Keep research/bibliographic information in one spot

Share a project calendar

Brainstorming area – especially useful for web based classes or classes without much group time

Document tracking makes it easy to write a rough draft and turn it into the final

Keep all contact info accessible online

Faculty/ Staff Collaboration Same idea as student project collaboration Good to used to create lesson plans Curriculum Committees Does not have to be public

Same idea as student project collaboration

Good to used to create lesson plans

Curriculum

Committees

Does not have to be public

Wikis for education? Allows for active learning through the interactive capabilities between students and/or students and teacher Easy to use technology “ Classroom” available anytime from anywhere Not ready to set one up for your class? Encourage your students to use them for their group projects Use existing wikis as learning tools http://anatowiki.wetpaint.com http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com /

Allows for active learning through the interactive capabilities between students and/or students and teacher

Easy to use technology

“ Classroom” available anytime from anywhere

Not ready to set one up for your class?

Encourage your students to use them for their group projects

Use existing wikis as learning tools

http://anatowiki.wetpaint.com

http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com /

Wiki Platforms Easy to use web based wikis: Wetpaint PBWiki SeedWiki Wikispaces

Easy to use web based wikis:

Wetpaint

PBWiki

SeedWiki

Wikispaces

WetPaint Wikis – www.wetpaint.com Easy to create and update pages Use your own logo Use your own domain Variety of permissions settings- possible to assign roles to each user/ creator Ability to back up wiki by exporting content to html document Easy to navigate design Ads will be removed when wikis are used for educational purposes

Easy to create and update pages

Use your own logo

Use your own domain

Variety of permissions settings- possible to assign roles to each user/ creator

Ability to back up wiki by exporting content to html document

Easy to navigate design

Ads will be removed when wikis are used for educational purposes

Additional Resources Brad Hemminger Cradle Talk: WIKIs in Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqvFKb9BbA Intro to Class Wikis with Wikispaces http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRbbskf3cA Creating a Classroom Wiki using Wetpaint Creating a wiki in Wetpaint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqSfSPRLqQ Basic Editing of Wetpaint wikis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wDuj-jH-Zw Getting ads removed from Wetpaint wikis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbh-bHhYpB0

Brad Hemminger Cradle Talk: WIKIs in Education

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqvFKb9BbA

Intro to Class Wikis with Wikispaces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRbbskf3cA

Creating a Classroom Wiki using Wetpaint

Creating a wiki in Wetpaint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqSfSPRLqQ

Basic Editing of Wetpaint wikis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wDuj-jH-Zw

Getting ads removed from Wetpaint wikis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbh-bHhYpB0