Wiki Pages: "The Simpliest online database you could possibly work!"
How to Wiki Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxj9Wbc_IOY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xxQLmys9tI
What exactly is a wiki page?
- A wiki page is a peice of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser.
Purposes of a Wiki Page:
(Yodit Tedla)
- Every student can access or edit the page that the teacher posts, for easier communication and interaction
- Allows students to work together from differnent locations
- Easy and simple to use
- Wikis are extremely flexible allowing any site structure to be created
- Wiki functionality makes them ideal for collaborative writing applications.
- Enables web publishing without knowledge of HTML or use of special web development tools.
- Enables the development of a document to be explored revealing who contributed what and when (ideal for assessing group work!)
Teacher Uses for a Wiki:
(Dana Sherman)
- Allows teachers to communicate with parents, students, and other teachers from different locations
- Teachers can post discussion forms,readings, project, and homework assignments for students, where they can directly comment an edit on each page
- Makes it easier for teachers to communicate with their students as well as creates more interactions between the teacher and the student as well as interactions between all the students
- Encourages students to be able to express their own feelings and ideas
- Keeps your class in sync
- Post grades
Links:
(Emily Morgan)
http://www.wikihow.com/Main- Page** <http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page>
A page dedicated in service to help you learn how to build your own Wiki page.
http://www.slideshare.net/ suesbent/how-to-create-a-wiki** <http://www.slideshare.net/suesbent/how-to-create-a-wiki>
A video tutorial based on creating a wiki page.
http://climatelab.org/Climate_ Lab/How_to_Create_a_New_Wiki_ Page** <http://climatelab.org/Climate_Lab/How_to_Create_a_New_Wiki_Page>
A step by step guide in forming a wiki page.
http://www.10000words.net/ 2009/02/5-reasons-you-should- create-wiki-now.html** <http://www.10000words.net/2009/02/5-reasons-you-should-create-wiki-now.html>
Reasons to Create a Wiki Page for daily use.
http://personalweb.about.com/ od/wikihostingandsoftware/a/ 511wiki.htm** <http://personalweb.about.com/od/wikihostingandsoftware/a/511wiki.htm>
Things that you can do with your wiki page.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf** <http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf>
Everything you need to know about wiki's.
References:
(Emily Morgan, Dana Sherman, Yodit Tedla)
7 Things You Should Know About Wikis (ID: ELI7004). (2005). 7 things you should know about? Wiki's. Educaus Learning Initiative. Retrieved September 3, 2009 from **http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf** <http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf>
Wiki spaces for educators. (2010, January 23). Retrieved from http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers <http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers>
Bellizzi, D., Brown, J., Byers, J., & Cove, S. (2009). Bookleads. Retrieved September 03, 2009 fromhttp://bookleads.wikispaces.com/ <http://bookleads.wikispaces.com/>
Jake, D. (2006, August 15). Wild about wikis.Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/article/6164 <http://www.techlearning.com/article/6164>
Matias, N. (2003, November 3). What is a Wiki?. Retrived from http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/what-is-a-wiki
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