Get Wiki with It!!!!! An Introduction to Using Wikis in the Classroom By Bill Gaskins Special Thank sAubri Keleman

An Introduction to Using Wikis in the Classroom

By Bill Gaskins

Teaching with Wikis Objectives: Introduce wikis and present Wikis as information sources Wikis as professional tools for teachers Ideas for using wikis with students

Objectives:

Introduce wikis and present

Wikis as information sources

Wikis as professional tools for teachers

Ideas for using wikis with students

What is a Wiki? A piece of software Like a word document online A page anyone can edit

A piece of software

Like a word document online

A page anyone can edit

Yes but can I learn to use it? You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min. There are several free sources for wikis.

You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min.

There are several free sources for wikis.

What’s important about a wiki? Collaboration Hyperlinks

Collaboration

Hyperlinks

Wikipedia: Wikipedia is: A free encyclopedia Multilingual Web-based Written collaboratively by volunteers Most articles can be changed by anyone Wikipedia has more than 3,210,000 articles

Wikipedia is:

A free encyclopedia

Multilingual

Web-based

Written collaboratively by volunteers

Most articles can be changed by anyone

Wikipedia has more than 3,210,000 articles

Wikis as Information Sources What do you know about Wikipedia?

What do you know about Wikipedia?

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikis as Information Sources Nature magazine carried out an expert-led investigation of Wikipedia comparing it to Britannica. “ The exercise revealed numerous errors in both encyclopedias, but among 42 entries tested, the difference in accuracy was not particularly great: the average science entry in Wikipedia contained around four inaccuracies; Britannica, about three.” (Giles, 2005, 1)

Nature magazine carried out an expert-led

investigation of Wikipedia comparing it to

Britannica.

“ The exercise revealed numerous errors in

both encyclopedias, but among 42 entries

tested, the difference in accuracy was not

particularly great: the average science entry

in Wikipedia contained around four

inaccuracies; Britannica, about three.”

(Giles, 2005, 1)

Wikis as Information Sources University of Buffalo professor Alex Havelis created 13 errors on various posts of Wikipedia. All were fixed within a couple of hours. During the tsunami, Wikipedia was called “ the most comprehensive source on the web.” ( Richardson, 2005,2)

University of Buffalo professor Alex Havelis

created 13 errors on various posts of

Wikipedia. All were fixed within a couple of

hours.

During the tsunami, Wikipedia was called

“ the most comprehensive source

on the web.”

( Richardson, 2005,2)

Wikis as Information Sources Wikipedia or Whackypedia…

Wikipedia or Whackypedia…

Wikijunior

Wikijunior

Wikis as Professional Tools for Teachers Wikis support collaborative projects by: Teachers School board members Schools .

Wikis support collaborative projects by:

Teachers

School board members

Schools

.

Wikis in Elementary and Middle Schools Wikis in upper elementary school have been used for collaborative writing: Class newspaper Story telling Poetry Correcting teacher samples of writing Classroom wikipedia Other ideas for wikis: Brainstorming Group work

Wikis in upper elementary school have been

used for collaborative writing:

Class newspaper

Story telling

Poetry

Correcting teacher samples of writing

Classroom wikipedia

Other ideas for wikis:

Brainstorming

Group work

Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School

Sample for First Grade

How might students use wikis? As information sources As collaborative tools for group work As an authentic reason to write and read As a way to publish and share work

As information sources

As collaborative tools for group work

As an authentic reason to write and read

As a way to publish and share work

Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis Kindergarten: How to type How to use a mouse How to paste a picture in a wiki ABC book Grade three: How to edit a wiki How to add to the class wikipedia

Kindergarten:

How to type

How to use a mouse

How to paste a picture in a wiki ABC book

Grade three:

How to edit a wiki

How to add to the class wikipedia

Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis Grade 7: Using wikis on a collaborative project (A single lesson could be on respect in wikiland) Evaluating wikipedia as a resource Adding to wikijunior or wikipedia

Grade 7:

Using wikis on a collaborative project

(A single lesson could be on respect in wikiland)

Evaluating wikipedia as a resource

Adding to wikijunior or wikipedia

PbWiki

PbWiki

Seedwiki

Get Wiki With It Bill Gaskins Carvers Bay Middle School [email_address] www.bloggingonthebay.org