A+Wiki+Classroom

Wiki Wiki = quickly in Hawaiian As Adam Frey of Wikispaces often says, "Wikis are web pages with an edit button." It's a surprisingly crisp definition, even as it hides some of the complexity, and brilliance, of the technology. Wikis are a read/write web technology that allow for easy, fast, and collaborative websites to be built without the need for special software or a lot of training.
 * Wikispaces **

Wikispaces provides a home for our class projects, and a space for collaboration. Here are some links to collaborative projects my class has worked on.

http://ifaces2010.wikispaces.com/

http://ifaces2011.wikispaces.com/

http://lifeinisrael.wikispaces.com/

Wikispaces helps me access and share my online resources.

The Lighthouse

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How do other teachers use wikis in their classrooms?

Wikis help teach the joy of collaboration so well that the students will start doing it themselves!

Vicki Davis' class:

I must say that I was impressed with the biology page. I also was quite pleased with their review material of the Scarlet Letter, King Lear, and their English Exam Review. They have several other projects that are really great. But my amazement came afterwards as I walked through the halls. Two girls attracted my attention with their squealing -- I asked what was up with them -- They were squealing about the English material going on the wikipage! It was going to help them on their project! They were so excited. They practically drove me crazy the rest of the day getting passes to come in and update the information for their exams and projects. Other teachers started coming to me and asking what was going on. They couldn't believe the amount of material synthesized and summarized in one class period!

They created a place to post projects and assignments and invited each other to their wikispace. Then, they created links to the websites that their fellow students had created to help them study/ review/ complete the project. They are used to copying notes for one another -- but now they can collaborate on notes! The results are astonishing!

This is what is most amazing -- the buzz in the hall with students talking excitedly about King Lear, the Scarlett Letter, the poetry project, the History project, and what other information they need to post to help! The buzz from the teachers -- I now have to teach an in service on January 2nd. And it is Friday night and at 2:26 this afternoon, my students updated the Study Hall on their own (they created this on Thursday.)

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I create a WIKI with a click of the mouse

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