Wikis

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Sample Wiki Used by Teachers During Professional Development Session
http://jscrslms.wikispaces.com/

Articles

 * [|Make Way for Wikis]
 * [|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators]
 * [|English Teacher Shakes up Learning with Positive Results]
 * [|How Do I Use WIkis in the Classroom]
 * [|For Teachers New to Wikis]
 * [|Benefits of a Wiki]

Free Wikis for Educators:

 * [|Wikispaces for Teachers] (Note: If you forget to use the direct educator link to create a wiki, click on "Subscription" under "Manage Space" and request a complimentary upgrade to Plus for K-12 education.)
 * [|PB Wiki For Education]
 * [|Wet Paint]

**Samples of Instructional Wikis**

 *  Prerequisite (summer) reading lists!
 * German Art Project
 * [|Pathfinders]
 * Salute to Seuss
 * [|Welker’s Wikinomics]
 * [|12th Grade Math Outcomes Portfolio]
 * Flat Classroom Project
 * WWI Poetry Visualization
 * [|AP World History Review Wiki]
 * [|Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki]
 * [|Lemony Snicket Wiki]
 * [|Wikijunior]
 * [|Yewlands Science School]
 * [|Novel Study]
 * Holes wiki
 * LMS Book Club
 * Deep River Elementary School
 * Astronomy Alphabet
 * Discovery Elementary
 * Arbor Heights Elementary
 * [|6th Grade Project]
 * [|5th Grade Nature Guide]
 * Educational Wikis
 * [|Curricular Ideas for Using Wikis]
 * FHS Wolves Den
 * Sheehy English

Benefits of Wikis Brainstorming
free fast/quick collaborative scaffolded student motivation allows for teacher feedback teachers can monitor process putting thoughts in words track student participation non-threatening flexible

Additional Instructional Uses for a Wiki

 * school-wide book discussion
 * book talks with teachers
 * 9th grade book discussion
 * collaborative research project

Wiki Resources


[|Wikispaces Video Tutorials]

**Wiki Tips**
Remind students to not use last names. Set up guidelines for editing each other's work. Under Manage Space, use the Members and Permission feature to establish who can view and edit your wiki. Public means anyone can see and edit your wiki. You can also lock down your wiki so that anyone can view it but only members can edit. See the Wikispaces Help for Teachers to see how to create member accounts for your students. The information is copied below:

5. Is there an easy way to create accounts for all of my students! Sure - if you don't want your students to have to create accounts themselves, just email help@wikispaces.com with a list of usernames, email addresses (if you have them - if you don't just leave them out), and passwords in the following format and we'll create the accounts for you.

code user1,email1@address.com,password1 user2,email2@address.com,password2 user3,email3@address.com,password3 code

A few important notes that will help us create these accounts for you quickly:

Usernames We have a large number of accounts on Wikispaces, so many combinations of first names, last names, and initials are already taken. It's much more likely we can make all the accounts you ask if you add a school identifier to your students' usernames. For example, if your school is called John Smith High, instead of asking us for the usernames, //adam//, //james//, and //dom//, we recommend //jsh-adam//, //jsh-james//, and //jsh-dom//.

Length of Usernames and Passwords Please make sure that usernames are at least 3 characters long (we allow letters, numbers, underscores _, or dashes -) and that passwords are at least 6 characters long.

Which Space? Finally, make sure to let us know which spaces we should add them to as members.