Wiki and Edit: Four-Letter Words That Can

Change Learning

Commack PDP, Fall 2010

Ellen Robertson, facilitator

Wiki Simply Defined

Wikis in Plain English!

“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge”. ~Jimmy Wales,

Wikipedia founder, 2004

Wiki Defined

Collaboratively edited body of workCreated by Ward Cunningham in 1995 as an easy publishing toolShort form of “wiki-wiki”, Hawaiian for “quick” bus systemPart of Web 2.0 (Read/Write Web) toolkit

BlogsRss feedsAggregatorsSocial bookmarkingPhoto publishing sitesPodcasting and vodcasting

Wiki Defined (cont’)

created in real time

organic and democratic in nature

everyone is “editor in chief”

considered “open source” – no one owns it

everyone together is smarter than everyone alone

everyone can:add

fix

erase

start

Power of Wikis

2004 tsunami that killed 175, 000 people:

1st post appeared 9 hours later as a beginning wiki24 hrs later---edited 400 times with photos, charts, lists of dead48 hrs later---edited 1,200 times and included video of wave itselfForget CNN—this was the most comprehensive info of all media

Types of Wikis

Wikitextbooks

Wikirecipes

Wikitravel

Wiktionary

Wikinews

Wikiquotes

Classroom curriculum wikispaces

A Wiki of wiki authoring siteshttp://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SiteList

What a wiki looks like

graduate course held by wiki

personal wiki

A wiki about educational wikis

Basic Wiki components

Editable pages and ability to create more

Ability to upload documents and images

Ability to “mash” in products from other sites by embedding

Ability to link internally and externally

Ability to invite editors

History of changes

Revert back tool

Wiki’s in education

teaches students collaborative construction of knowledgeteaches negotiation skillsteaches publication skillsteaches students how to create communitycan be used solely to collect and disseminate school informationcan be used as an articulation toolcan be used to amass and publish tailor made resourcesauthentic, purposeful workedited body of work becomes reference tool for others

Why Bring It To The Classroom?

Great motivator for students

Easy to monitor

Allows for creativity and innovation

Encourages participation of all students

Promotes communication between students, teachers, and

parents

A new, interesting way to learn

Educational Uses of WIkis

Simple websites

Peer-reviewed projects

Group projects

Manage school and classroom documents

Classroom discussion and debate

Teacher collaboration

Post classroom assignments

Collaborate with an international classroom

What Could YOU Use a Wiki For?

Create a classroom websiteCreate a class newspaper by wikiCreate a book by wiki (group authoring)Course reviewHave students use a wiki space to plan the details of a field trip to make it as educationally fulfilling as possibleLet students manage an Earth Day project—tasks, goals, responsibilities, and so on. Be sure to alert the community so anyone can join in.

What Could YOU Use a Wiki For?

Collaborate on an international unit, or even a spring e-pal exchange using a themed wiki.

Project development with peer review

Track a group project

Presentations

Wikipedia: also know as “Whackypedia?

Who is an authority?

High profile errors

“Cream” rises to the top or curdles

Collaborative efforts of the group determine “truth”

Challenges of Wiki Use in Education

Some wikis are questionable resources for research

Anonymous authors

Student-posted information may be modified/spammed

Vandalism

Filtering

Free Wiki sites (special considerations for educators)

wikispaces.compbwiki.comjotspot.com (has wysiwig editor)seedwiki.comwikicities.comwebnote (like eBoard) http://www.aypwip.org/webnoteLots more wiki tools: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SiteListWikialong.org (firefox plug-in lets you leave notes on ANY website)

Compare wikis

http://www.wikimatrix.org/

Please grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,

The courage to edit the pages I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

The Wiki Prayer

Wikispaces for TeachersA Guide to Using Them in Your Classroom

Commack staff and students have their own PRIVATEWikispaces community at:commack.wikispaces.net

What is a Wiki?

• A webpage with an Edit button• Easy to use• Perfect for collaborative learning

Wiki Terms

Page 1 Page 2

Space 1

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3

Space 2

Page 1 Page 2

Space 3

User Account

• User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of

username, password, and e-mail address• Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate• Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages

Wiki Terms Continued

Wikispaces has different permissions settings for your space

Public: Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace

Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit

Private: Only members can view or edit your space

Editing Your Wiki

Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki.

Write the text you would like on your page.

You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more.

Once you are done editing, click Save.

Adding Links on Your WikiClick Edit This Page.

Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar.

Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your

space or another website.

Click Ok.

Adding Images to Your WikiClick Edit This Page.

Click the icon that looks like a tree.

Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open.

Upload the chosen picture or file.

Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page.

Double click the image or file to place it on the page.

Adding Media to Your WikiClick Edit This Page.

Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar.

Choose the type of object you’d like to embed.

Follow the instructions for embedding each object.

Click Save.

The topic for our

demo wiki?

Long Island / New York Field Trips

Activity

Let’s teach each other about possible field trip venues on Long Island and New York

Take the next 15-30 minutes to select a venue and on an assigned wiki page

add some information text

add links– and add an image or a video clip

Additional Wikispaces Resources for Teachers

• Check out the K-12 Educational Community at:– http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com