Wikis In Education - Leadership Council

Wiki and Edit: Four-Letter Words That Can Change Learning Leadership Council January 21, 2009 Corinne Carriero and Ellen Robertson

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Wiki Characteristics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Power of Wikis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Types of Wikis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A Wiki of wiki authoring sites http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SiteList

“ 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

Most famous Wiki: Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Wikipedia has been called “Whackypedia” but this name is not warranted!

What a wiki looks like ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Basic wiki components ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wiki’s power in education ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wiki’s power in education ,[object Object],[object Object]

Why use wikis in the Classroom? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why use wikis in the Classroom? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Educational Uses of Wikis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some specific classroom uses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More classroom uses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Challenges of Wiki Use in Education These challenges come into play with public wikis! Educators can use PRIVATE wikis to get around them.

Free Wiki sites (special considerations for educators) ,[object Object],[object Object]

How can administrators use wikis? Let’s brainstorm!

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