A wiki is a website that allows for collaborative editing, where multiple people can easily edit and contribute content. Wikis have several benefits for educational use, allowing students to work together on group projects and share resources. Educators can monitor student activity and edits on a wiki. Wikis also do not display advertisements and educator wikis are free for teachers and students to use.

1. What is a Wiki?

2. A wiki is an easy-to-use free web page that multiple people can edit.

3. Wiki means Quick in Hawaiian

4. In the classroom, a wiki is a free tool that empowers every student to participate in group projects.

5. Julian has assigned a team research project. What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high quality work?

6. Converse Post ideas Respond Forum Write Publish Comment Create Publish Comment Converse Post Ideas Respond Share Edit Collaborate Engage Blog Wiki Three great ways to communicate with students

7. How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child predators? How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web? Mary wants to be sure her students are protected from the wider internet.

8. YOU control who sees your wiki You set protection. You choose who participates .

9. Educator wikis are free and never display advertisements NO ADS

10. Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on line. Will her students write offensive comments ? How can she monitor her students activity?

11. You have a history of every edit You are notified of every change

12. No more “dog ate my homework” Edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.

13. Wikis are Free and Easy to set up

14. Simply create an account and begin

15. Set it up and it works just like typing in Microsoft Word

16. We can add pictures and files

17. You can manage your Wiki

19. Wikis can be used for any purpose: Educational, entertaiment and encyclopaedical purposes...

20. Wikis for education

21. Pre-Kindergarten Wikis in Ohio

22. Kindergarten class wiki (view homework, calendars, student work, videos, plan parties, ask q’s); http://mrstaylorkinder.pbworks.com/

23. 2 nd Grade Wikis for Monster Writing (student collaboration)

24. Webster: 2 nd & 3 rd grade class wiki (global sharing); http://mswebster.wikispaces.com/

25. Littlewood 5 th grade wiki: Pictures taken of plants in environmental center; http://littlewoodnatureguide.wetpaint.com/

26. Wikis for Teachers to Share

27. Wikis for Children Writing and Reading Continuous Stories

28. Wikis for entertainment

29. The Tudors Wiki

30. The Dragon Ball NeoWiki

31. For encyclopaedical purposes

32. The most famous wiki around the world

33. Questions

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