it’s a wikiful world!

It’s a Wikiful World!

Mary Ann ChristopherYellow Springs Exempted Village School District

Yellow Springs, OH

Overview Wikispace, meaning and introduction How to setup Examples of wikis

Teacher Professional Development Career Centers and Post Secondary Organizations Administration Applications How to find useful Wikis

Overview Wiki

Hawaiian meaning – Fast Wikispaces

is a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a collaborative manner.

www.govst.edu/elearning/default.aspx Used by businesses, non-profits,

individuals, educators District Wikispaces Private Label

Wiki + teachers = wikispaces■ Free wikis to educators

■ March 2009: 100,000■ January 2011: 406, 291

■ Uses■ Teacher Webpage

■ Calendar■ Email parents■ Classroom pages

■ Syllabus and contact information■ Lessons and assignments■ Links■ Class discussions (with tracking)

Starting Points Join

K-12 Classroom Wikis

Explore, Explore, Explore

Start small~Roman wasn’t built in a day!~

http://www.wikispaces.com/

WikiName: yshsmckineylibrary Extension added: .wikispaces.comyshsmckinneylibrary.wikispaces.com

Wiki Permission: Private

Educational Use: Check

Click: JoinIf you already have an account, log in

You will receive an email to confirm your account

www.wikispaces.com

Teacher Wikis

Simon YSHS http://simonyshs.wikispaces.com/

Assignments, Examples, Links

Mr. Jackson's Yellow Springs McKinney Middle School Page http://jacksonysmms.wikispaces.com/

Attach Documents

Mr. Trumbull's 3rd / 4th Gradehttp://btrumbull.wikispaces.com/

Write about today in class

Zanesville HS Makeup Wikihttps://makeups.wikispaces.com/

Grade Level PageTrack & Share Student Assignments

Independence High School Library Wikihttp://ihslmc.wikispaces.com/

Pathfinders for Courses

YSHS/McKinney Library Wikihttp://yshsmckinneylibrary.wikispaces.com

Widgets: Shelfarihttp://www.shelfari.com/widget?WidgetId=160987

Arbor Heights Elementaryhttp://arborheights.wikispaces.com/

Google Calendar & QR Code

Voices of the Worldhttp://votw.wikispaces.com/

Mixbook, My Plick, Voki

West Lake City Schools Eco Wikihttp://efk.wikispaces.com/

Edgewood Schoolshttp://edge-wiki.wikispaces.com/

Professional Development

West Lake City Schools Tech Wikihttp://technoteswcs.wikispaces.com/

Woodridge Local Schools Staff Book Clubhttp://whsbookclub2010.wikispaces.com/

Woodridge Local Schools Staff Book Club Discussion

Edgewood’s Professional Development Pageshttp://edge-wiki.wikispaces.com/Professional+Development

Zanesville HS Professional Developmenthttp://zhsteachertuesdays.wikispaces.com/

Career Centers and Post Secondary

University of Delaware British Literature Wiki

http://britlitwiki.wikispaces.com/

An Embedded Video

Trumbull Career & Technical Center http://tctcmediacenter.wikispaces.com/

I-C-T (Sharon Tonner) http://i-c-t.wikispaces.com/

Organizations

ISTE http://www.iste.wikispaces.net/

Kids Book Club http://kids-book-club.wikispaces.com/

Author Talk Video, Links, & Activities

Free Stuff for Science Teachershttp://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff

Administration Applications

Wikispringshttp://wikisprings.wikispaces.com/

Medina High School http://mhs-computerlabs.wikispaces.com/

Scheduling Library & Computer Lab Times

Finding Useful Wikis

Follow Wikispaces on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/wikispaces

Educational Wikis Directoryhttp://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

Questions?

Mary Ann Christophermchristopher@ysschools.org

Yellow Springs High School420 E. Enon RdYellow Springs, OH 45387937.767.7224 t937-767-6154 f