Wiki and Edit: Four-Letter Words That Can Change Learning HHH 5 Hour PDP Course Ellen Robertson, facilitator

Wiki Simply Defined Wikis in Plain English!

Wikis in Plain English!

“ Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge”. ~Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, 2004

Wiki Defined Collaboratively edited body of work Created by Ward Cunningham in 1995 as an easy publishing tool Short form of “wiki-wiki”, Hawaiian for “quick” bus system Part of Web 2.0 (Read/Write Web) toolkit Blogs Rss feeds Aggregators Social bookmarking Photo publishing sites Podcasting and vodcasting

Collaboratively edited body of work

Created by Ward Cunningham in 1995 as an easy publishing tool

Short form of “wiki-wiki”, Hawaiian for “quick” bus system

Part of Web 2.0 (Read/Write Web) toolkit

Blogs

Rss feeds

Aggregators

Social bookmarking

Photo publishing sites

Podcasting and vodcasting

Wiki Defined (cont’) created in real time organic and democratic in nature everyone is “editor in chief” considered “open source” – no one owns it everyone together is smarter than everyone alone everyone can: add fix erase start

created in real time

organic and democratic in nature

everyone is “editor in chief”

considered “open source” – no one owns it

everyone together is smarter than everyone alone

everyone can:

add

fix

erase

start

Power of Wikis 2004 tsunami that killed 175, 000 people: 1 st post appeared 9 hours later as a beginning wiki 24 hrs later---edited 400 times with photos, charts, lists of dead 48 hrs later---edited 1,200 times and included video of wave itself Forget CNN —this was the most comprehensive info of all media

Types of Wikis Wikitextbooks Wikirecipes Wikitravel Wiktionary Wikinews Wikiquotes Classroom curriculum wikispaces A Wiki of wiki authoring sites http://www. usemod . com/cgi-bin/wiki .pl? SiteList

Wikitextbooks

Wikirecipes

Wikitravel

Wiktionary

Wikinews

Wikiquotes

Classroom curriculum wikispaces

A Wiki of wiki authoring sites http://www. usemod . com/cgi-bin/wiki .pl? SiteList

What a wiki looks like Tremblant.wikispaces.com

Tremblant.wikispaces.com

Wikipedia: also know as “ Whackypedia? Who is an authority? High profile errors “ Cream” rises to the top or curdles Collaborative efforts of the group determine veracity

Who is an authority?

High profile errors

“ Cream” rises to the top or curdles

Collaborative efforts of the group determine veracity

Wiki’s in education teaches students collaborative construction of knowledge teaches negotiation skills teaches publication skills teaches students how to create community can be used solely to collect and disseminate school information can be used as an articulation tool can be used to amass and publish tailor made resources authentic, purposeful work edited body of work becomes reference tool for others

teaches students collaborative construction of knowledge

teaches negotiation skills

teaches publication skills

teaches students how to create community

can be used solely to collect and disseminate school information

can be used as an articulation tool

can be used to amass and publish tailor made resources

authentic, purposeful work

edited body of work becomes reference tool for others

Why Bring It To The Classroom? Great motivator for students Easy to monitor Allows for creativity and innovation Encourages participation of all students Promotes communication between students, teachers, and parents A new, interesting way to learn

Great motivator for students

Easy to monitor

Allows for creativity and innovation

Encourages participation of all students

Promotes communication between students, teachers, and parents

A new, interesting way to learn

How Can I Use it in a Classroom? Simple websites Peer-reviewed projects Group projects Manage school and classroom documents Classroom discussion and debate Teacher collaboration Post classroom assignments Collaborate with an international classroom

Simple websites

Peer-reviewed projects

Group projects

Manage school and classroom documents

Classroom discussion and debate

Teacher collaboration

Post classroom assignments

Collaborate with an international classroom

Basic Wiki components Editable pages Ability to upload documents Ability to link Ability to invite editors History of changes Revert back tool

Editable pages

Ability to upload documents

Ability to link

Ability to invite editors

History of changes

Revert back tool

Challenges of Wiki Use in Education Some wikis are questionable resources for research Anonymous authors Student-posted information may be modified/spammed Vandalism Filtering

Some wikis are questionable resources for research

Anonymous authors

Student-posted information may be modified/spammed

Vandalism

Filtering

Free Wiki sites (special considerations for educators) wikispaces.com pbwiki.com jotspot.com (has wysiwig editor) seedwiki.com wikicities.com webnote (like eBoard) http://www. aypwip . org/webnote Lots more wiki tools: http://www. usemod . com/cgi-bin/wiki .pl? SiteList Wikialong.org (firefox plug-in lets you leave notes on ANY website)

wikispaces.com

pbwiki.com

jotspot.com (has wysiwig editor)

seedwiki.com

wikicities.com

webnote (like eBoard) http://www. aypwip . org/webnote

Lots more wiki tools: http://www. usemod . com/cgi-bin/wiki .pl? SiteList

Wikialong.org (firefox plug-in lets you leave notes on ANY website)

Compare wikis http://www. wikimatrix .org/

http://www. wikimatrix .org/

Please grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit, The courage to edit the pages I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. The Wiki Prayer

What Could YOU Use a Wiki For? Create a classroom website Create a class newspaper by wiki Create a book by wiki (group authoring) Course review Have students use a wiki space to plan the details of a field trip to make it as educationally fulfilling as possible Let students manage an Earth Day project—tasks, goals, responsibilities, and so on. Be sure to alert the community so anyone can join in.

Create a classroom website

Create a class newspaper by wiki

Create a book by wiki (group authoring)

Course review

Have students use a wiki space to plan the details of a field trip to make it as educationally fulfilling as possible

Let students manage an Earth Day project—tasks, goals, responsibilities, and so on. Be sure to alert the community so anyone can join in.

What Could YOU Use a Wiki For? Collaborate on an international unit, or even a spring e-pal exchange using a themed wiki. Project development with peer review Track a group project Presentations

Collaborate on an international unit, or even a spring e-pal exchange using a themed wiki.

Project development with peer review

Track a group project

Presentations

Wikispaces for Teachers A Guide to Using Them in Your Classroom

What is a Wiki? A webpage with an Edit button Easy to use Perfect for collaborative learning

A webpage with an Edit button

Easy to use

Perfect for collaborative learning

Wiki Terms User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of username, password, and e-mail address Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages

User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of username, password, and e-mail address

Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate

Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages

Wiki Terms Continued Wikispaces has different permissions settings for your space Public: Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit Private: Only members can view or edit your space

Wikispaces has different permissions settings for your space

Public: Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace

Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit

Private: Only members can view or edit your space

Editing Your Wiki Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki. Write the text you would like on your page. You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more. Once you are done editing, click Save.

Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki.

Write the text you would like on your page.

You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more.

Once you are done editing, click Save.

Adding Links on Your Wiki Click Edit This Page. Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar. Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your space or another website. Click Ok.

Click Edit This Page.

Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar.

Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your space or another website.

Click Ok.

Adding Images to Your Wiki Click Edit This Page. Click the icon that looks like a tree. Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open. Upload the chosen picture or file. Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page. Double click the image or file to place it on the page.

Click Edit This Page.

Click the icon that looks like a tree.

Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open.

Upload the chosen picture or file.

Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page.

Double click the image or file to place it on the page.

Adding Media to Your Wiki Click Edit This Page. Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar. Choose the type of object you’d like to embed. Follow the instructions for embedding each object. Click Save.

Click Edit This Page.

Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar.

Choose the type of object you’d like to embed.

Follow the instructions for embedding each object.

Click Save.

The topic for our demo wiki?

Long Island Summer Fun

Activity Let’s teach each other about various places of interest on Long Island Take the next 15 minutes to edit your assigned wiki page’s text add links and add an image or a video clip

Let’s teach each other about various places of interest on Long Island

Take the next 15 minutes to

edit your assigned wiki page’s text

add links

and add an image or a video clip

Additional Resources for Teachers Wikispaces will create your student accounts for you! http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers Check out our K-12 Educational Community at: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com

Wikispaces will create your student accounts for you!

http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers

Check out our K-12 Educational Community at:

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com