Introduction to Wikis in the Classroom

Creating Community: Wikis in the World Language Classroom Cindy Kendall Ingham Intermediate School District (Mason, MI)

Writing Spaces Through Time Image source: Laxis - http://www.sxc.hu/photo/58600

Papyrus Texts 250 BC Image Source: Gak - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gak/371123091/

Codices - 400 Image sources: Askewmind - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Kodeks_IV_NagHammadi.jpg Lucretious - http://www.sxc.hu/photo/767899

Gutenberg Press 1436 Image source: Aplumb - http://www.flickr.com/photos/81685076@N00/121285772

Typewriter 1860 Image source: Kosmopolitat - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:S%26g1.jpg

Personal Computer 1975 Image source: PapaPaolo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/44052773@N00/264278748

Mosaic Graphical Browser 1993 Image sources: Brullonulla - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brullonulla/364534022/ Andresmh - http://www.flickr.com/photos/11868850@N00/977432884

The (In)Famous Wikipedia Image source: http://www.wikipedia.org/

Efficient & Effective Means the Obsolete is Replaced

Papyrus scrolls (250 BC)

Codices (400)

Printing Press (1436)

Typewriter (1860)

Word Processor (1975)

Email

Websites (1983)

Web-based Wikis

So what is a wiki?

Your Tasks!

1) Explain what a wiki is to someone seated

near you

2) Choose one:

- Compare a wiki to a traditional website

- Compare a wiki to a blog or a social networking website (like MySpace, Facebook, etc.)

A wiki is a website that allows the visitors

themselves to easily add, remove, and

otherwise edit and change and link

available content.

Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and are increasingly being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective Intranets or for use in Knowledge Management. Image sources: http://www.fourfourfourltd.com/images/DISNEY%20LOGO%20COLOR.jpg http://www.yahoo.com http://www.michelin.com/portail/images/logo_ve.gif http://www.att.com/Common/indc/homepage/images/logo.gif http://www.kodak.com/global/images/mul/corp/companyHomePage/WoW/kodak.gif

How can we use wikis in education?

Advocate

Connect

Collaborate

Innovate

Image source: Orangeacid - www.flickr.com/photos/71753457@N00/525497288

What two buttons are important? Image sources: http://www.wikispaces.com

Let’s make a wiki at Wikispaces !

www.wikispaces.com

Image sources: http://www.wetpaint.com/img/logoHome.png http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K http://pikiwiki.com/ews/images/login/pikiwiki_alpha_tell.png http://pbwiki.com/

Image Sources See individual slides for complete image citation information.