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 * Definition**: Wiki is Hawaiian for "quick." A wiki is a web page where information can be added and edited by a collective group rather easily. Editing is done through a web browser and can be limited to members of the site or to anyone who visits. To get a better understanding of what the functionality of a wiki is, watch this video from "Common Craft:"


 * Reasons to have a Wiki:** Wikis are easy to use, allow for organizing tasks across space, make publishing work accesible for everyone, allow for collaboration, everyone can edit, refine or clarify points on the page. Wikis are being used in education as:
 * Story Starters - round robin writing
 * Book Creation
 * Choose Your Own Adventure
 * Collaborative Projects
 * Micropedias
 * Ant Farms - people/characters - whose paths cross at certain points and the reader can then click over to the new person
 * Branching Stories
 * Elaboration
 * Class Notes
 * Class/Teacher Web site
 * WebQuest Host page
 * Examples of Wikis in education**
 * 1) http://openpd.wikispaces.com/ - OpenPD - professional development online and free.
 * 2) http://web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Main_Page - Marzano and Web 2.0 tools
 * 3) http://socialsoftware07.wikispaces.com/Yahoo+Tools - Social Software - linked from OpenPD site
 * 4) http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/?t=anon - Welker's Wikinomics Page - winner of the Edublogs award
 * 5) http://salutetoseuss.wikispaces.com/ - Salute to Suess - an online project for any Pre-K to 6th grade classroom
 * 6) http://goapes.wikispaces.com/
 * 7) http://misstarvin.wetpaint.com/?t=anon - World History - first semester curriculum through 1300.

Assignment:
 * 1) Complete comments on 3 other blogs - see rotation assignment.
 * 2) Add to the class wiki - http://introweb2.wikispaces.com/ - Contribute an idea to the class wiki about how to use one of the tools covered in this course in a classroom.
 * 3) Decide on a plan and purpose for a wiki in your area - Suggestions: Teaching Ideas, Communication, collaboration, staff development, team wiki page, department wiki page, Campus Improvement Plans, Staff Meetings, Ihave/I need space.
 * 4) Start a wiki of your own
 * 5) Share your wiki with the class
 * 6) Contribute to someone else's wiki
 * 7) Learn to subscribe to a wiki through your RSS reader.
 * 8) Comment on the class blog about the location of your wiki, and your plans for it.
 * 9) Complete Reflections on your own learning blog.

Software/hardware used in this module

Resources to Complete Assignments (guides and tutorials)

Supplemental Reading:
 * 1) http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf

Rubric == Original Notes:==
 * Examples to look at: Classroom 2.0, TeachWiki, RRISD examples, others?
 * Start a Wiki - wikispaces, pbwiki, etc. - free for educators
 * Share your wiki page with the class
 * Suggestions for topics: Class Lesson, Teaching Ideas, Communication, collaboration, staff development, team wiki page, department wiki page, Campus Improvement Plans, Staff Meetings, Ihave/I need space.
 * Edit someone else's wiki
 * Subscribe to the wikis through your reader
 * Continue to comment on the class blog, each other's blogs and on other blogs
 * Complete Reflections on Your Own Learning Blog.

Assignment:
 * 1) Read and define what a wiki is.
 * 2) Add to the class wiki - Contribute an idea to the class wiki about how to use one of the tools covered in this course in a classroom.
 * 3) Decide on a plan and purpose for a wiki in your area - Suggestions: Teaching Ideas, Communication, collaboration, staff development, team wiki page, department wiki page, Campus Improvement Plans, Staff Meetings, Ihave/I need space.
 * 4) Start a wiki of your own
 * 5) Share your wiki with the class
 * 6) Contribute to someone else's wiki
 * 7) Learn to subscribe to a wiki through your RSS reader.
 * 8) Comment on the class blog about the location of your wiki, and your plans for it.
 * 9) Complete Reflections on your own learning blog.
 * 10) Complete comments on 3 other blogs - see rotation assignment.

Resources to complete assignment:

Wikis to check out:

Rubric: