Wikis and other online Wikis and other online freebies for your math freebies for your math

courses courses

Reva NarasimhanReva Narasimhan

Kean University, Union, NJKean University, Union, NJ

What is a What is a wikiwiki??

wikiwiki is Hawaiian for is Hawaiian for rapid rapid and was named and was named after the shuttle buses in Honolulu airportafter the shuttle buses in Honolulu airport

A wiki is a web site that can be individually A wiki is a web site that can be individually or collaboratively edited using just a web or collaboratively edited using just a web browser. browser.

No special tools and no special skills are No special tools and no special skills are required. required.

You do not need to ftp to a web server or You do not need to ftp to a web server or know any HTMLknow any HTML

Some interesting wikisSome interesting wikis

wikipediawikipedia http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/ http://caw.wikispaces.com/http://caw.wikispaces.com/ You can search many wiki sites for a You can search many wiki sites for a

list of, say, education wikislist of, say, education wikis

How do you start?How do you start?

Various sites on the Internet offer Various sites on the Internet offer free wikisfree wikis

Examples: zoho.com,pbwiki.com, Examples: zoho.com,pbwiki.com, wikispaces.comwikispaces.com

Zoho and Pbwiki are free and also Zoho and Pbwiki are free and also ad-free for educatorsad-free for educators

Compares many popular wikis:Compares many popular wikis:

www.wikimatrix.orgwww.wikimatrix.org

What can you do with a What can you do with a wikiwiki??

Create your class web site very Create your class web site very quickly quickly

Post syllabus and related materialsPost syllabus and related materials– You would make this a public wiki but You would make this a public wiki but

only those with a password can change only those with a password can change itit

You can make interactive projects as You can make interactive projects as well by linking to java applets for well by linking to java applets for graphing, for examplegraphing, for example

And you can addAnd you can add

ImagesImages FilesFiles Even a working spreadsheet!Even a working spreadsheet! Go to Go to

http://onlinemath.pbwiki.comhttp://onlinemath.pbwiki.com

for a math wikifor a math wiki

Online freebiesOnline freebies

If you just want a web site, you can now If you just want a web site, you can now create easy web sites using sites.google.com create easy web sites using sites.google.com or weebly.com (Google is super easy and or weebly.com (Google is super easy and fast, but has a ho-hum layout)fast, but has a ho-hum layout)

Add conferencing freebies like vyew.com Add conferencing freebies like vyew.com Use Jing (for free) to create quick screen Use Jing (for free) to create quick screen

captures and videoscaptures and videos More are listed in my web siteMore are listed in my web site

http://www.mymathspace.nethttp://www.mymathspace.net

Contact informationContact information

Reva NarasimhanReva Narasimhan

Kean UniversityKean University

rnarasim@kean.edurnarasim@kean.edu

www.mymathspace.netwww.mymathspace.net