This document discusses the use of wikis in the classroom and focuses on the educational wiki platform PBwiki. It defines what a wiki is, how they originated in Hawaii, and their usefulness for students and teachers. PBwiki is highlighted as it hosts many classroom wikis and allows easy creation of secure wikis for collaboration. Key features like multimedia, revisions, and access controls are noted. Wikis are concluded to be a fast, easy way to share information between teachers, students, and parents for engagement outside of class.

1. Using Wikis in the Classroom By: Stephanie Hill

2. Presentation Menu Article 1- Get Wild About Wikis - wiki definition - origins - why use wikis? Article 2- Wikis in the Classroom - usefulness for students - usefulness for teachers - Easy for first-time users Article 3- Educational Wikis: PBwikis - PBwiki for the classroom - Key Features - Why PBwikis? Conclusion

3. Getting Wild About Wikis! What is a wiki? - a small piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web content using any Web browser and no other special tools - a wiki is "the simplest online database that could possibly work, no HTML or programming knowledge is needed to contribute to a wiki - users can change information as they wish Wikipedia’s definition of “wiki”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Jackson, Lorrie. Get Wild About Wikis! Education World: The Educators Best Friend. 2006. 2009, April 20. http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites079.shtml .

4. The Origins of Wiki What does “WIKI” mean exactly? The word “wiki” has its origins in Hawaii Wiki literally translates to “quick”

5. Why Use Wikis? Wikis are a convenient tool that almost everyone is capable of accessing. Anyone can create one, and you can change it as time progresses.

6. Wikis in the Classroom Uses wikis have for students : - group projects - homework assignments - group question and answers - online newspapers How Can Wikis Be Used in the Classroom? Wetpaint. 2009. April 20, 2009. http://www.wetpaint.com .

7. Usefulness for Teachers Posting assignments Resource collections for students Group question and answers Parental involvement Grading

8. Easy for First-Time Users Following directions to create a wiki is so easy a 1 st grader could do it!

9. Educational Wikis: PBwiki PBwiki for the classroom - PBwiki hosts more classroom wikis than anyone else in the world Lets the user create a simple, secure wiki in about 60 seconds drive engagement and collaboration Gives user tracking and access controls to monitor their own wiki Chose to make the wiki public or private Educational Wikis. PBwiki, Inc. 2005-2009. April 20, 2009. http:// pbwiki.com/academic.wiki .

10. Key Features in PBwiki Multimedia plugins; video and audio Tags and full page revisions Student accountability, see who adds/changes what Access controls

11. Why PBwiki? Safe, secure place to collaborate Keep students engaged outside of the classroom Education-specific resources Keep parents involved in education

12. Conclusion Wiki pages are a fast easy way for all to get information on the web. It also is a great way to relay information between teachers, students and parents. There are templates users can follow to create their own wiki page Follow this website to create your own wiki today: http://www.wetpaint.com/wiki?zone=cyoGoEdu6a