Effective Use of Wiki's

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on July 18, 2007 at 5:03pm

Check out http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/, http://www.classroom20.net/Wikis, and our very own tagged forum posts at http://www.classroom20.net/Wikis.

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Permalink Reply by janien on August 21, 2007 at 8:38am

Interesting! Thank you. I want to start with a wiki for writing exercises and paper writing and one for reading art (artistic 'answers' from readers on books, literature, poetry, lyrics, strips and their makers). Just like Cory Plough I need examples and inspiration. I'll explore the sites you and Classroom-members gave up. I visited already Wikikids, a great project http://kennisnet.wikia.com/wikikids/wiki/Hoofdpagina in the Netherlands - a children's wikipedia (for and by children). And the wiki of Elke Das (also in The Netherlands, http://elke.wikispaces.com. Elke has much experience with wiki in her classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Courtney Kiley on July 18, 2007 at 5:08pm

We have been using Wikis in my gradutate courses as a way of tackling group projects. Our Wikis are set up as a place where we can share ideas, research, and generate documents so everyone can make changes to them. We find it cuts down on the amount of time we have to meet with each other, and saves on inbox clutter.

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Permalink Reply by Cory Plough on July 21, 2007 at 2:28pm

Thank you, thats a great idea. I can definitely see this at my school.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on July 31, 2007 at 7:15pm

We did four wikis last year for four different reasons. You can see a list of the wikis as well as my websites and blogs and student projects at A Not So Different Place.

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Permalink Reply by Kristian Still on August 3, 2007 at 10:27am

We use a wiki with our students at Tauntons College.

http://btecnationalsinsport.wikispaces.com/

We (Mary Hricko and I) are also planning a Edtech class through a wiki as well.

I would be happy to share ideas Cory.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Pass on August 3, 2007 at 1:30pm

Cory,

I don't personally have an example of an effective use of a wiki. But, I'm teaching a graduate course in the fall on organizational development and Web 2.0. I'm planning on having my students develop a wiki of Web 2.0, in which they explain X number of Web 2.0 applications and explain how they could support organizational development. I'm hoping that this could be a real resource.

Andrew Pass
Read My Living Textbook
http://www.pass-ed.com/Living-Textbook.html

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Permalink Reply by Colette Cassinelli on August 8, 2007 at 9:56pm

Wiki - I like wikispaces. It’s free for teachers and simple to use. It doesn’t have a lot of formatting features but it gets the job done. I heard a presentation given by Adam Frey (the founder of wikispaces) at NECC on EdTechLive. It’s great to hear how wikispaces is trying to meet the needs of teachers and improve their product.You use wikis for any type of document that you want several people to access and edit. I have used them with my students when groups are planning and organizing projects - that way everyone can add their comments or easily participate. Here is a simple video from The Common Craft Show that will explain the basics of how wikis work.

Wikis aren’t just for planning. They can be the platform for classroom projects too. Let’s say that each student has chosen a specific topic in class. An easy way to share information is to place each project on a wiki and have every student’s project linked on the side navigation bar. This will encourage students to view each other’s work and even add comments if the pages are open for editing (peer review). I’ve heard of other teachers using wikis for cross-class collaboration - like the Flat Classroom project.

Wikis are great for staff development. By encouraging teachers to share their knowledge by using a wiki - you are helping to foster a community of practice where sharing is the standard and knowledge management is well organized and expected. Don’t just place a lot of links - document class/school procedures, share tips, collaborate on curriculum planning, plan staff parties, outlinefor staff development and more!

Some other great wiki tools:

* PB wiki - http://pbwiki.com/
* WetPaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/
* Stikipad - http://stikipad.com/
* OttoWiki - http://www.ottowiki.com/

Cheers! Colette at http://www.edtechvision.org

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Permalink Reply by Steven Cohen on August 20, 2007 at 2:01pm

I used it, with some success, last year in trying to teach note-taking. The idea was to use the wiki to create a master set of notes to which each student contributed.

I have a question for folks: It seems to me that wikis and google docs offer similar functionality. Is there reason to use a wiki over shared google docs?

-s

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on August 21, 2007 at 5:37pm

I find it hard to track changes and who made them in Google Docs. I prefer the wiki history and revision tabs. And the ability to be notified when changes are made!

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Permalink Reply by Sandi on August 20, 2007 at 3:43pm

Hi Cory,
Here is a great link to a You Tube Wiki video to share with your students to give them an overview of how a wiki works!! I love this and am using it in my Web 2.0 class for instructors.

(If youtube is blocked you can use the ZAMZAR converter to convert it to AVI)

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Livingston on August 20, 2007 at 6:40pm

I teach a grad class on Emerging Technologies and the closing activity is students have to create Wikis on a new technology. The School Computing Wiki has kindly allowed me to keep the Wikis here - go to Emerging Technologies and GRAT 548 to see the Wikis http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/School_Computing_Home_Page

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