Wikis in EducationPart I: Introduction

Helena Baert

A wiki is an easy-to-use

free web page that multiple

people can edit.

Wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian

In the classroom, a wiki is a free

tool that empowers

every student to participate

in group projects.

James has assigned a team research project.

What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high

quality work?

ConversePost ideas

Respond

Forum

WritePublish

Comment

CreatePublish

CommentConversePost IdeasRespond

ShareEdit

CollaborateEngage

Blog Wiki

Three great ways to communicate with students

“It's so easy to create a site to help guide

students along with projects. I have found that

it's a good way to make handouts available to students - I just point

them at the web address. I post links to my PBworks

Rockford's site so that parents can access

project guidelines as well.”

Justin Wylie Rockford High School

Possibilities in Education:Class Resources - Publish class notes, PowerPoint lectures, schedules and policies; show off examples of great student work.Group Projects - Build collaborative pages, start discussions and encourage comments. Parent Outreach - Keep parents involved. Post assignments, key dates and volunteer lists. All available at home, from work, or anywhere.Student Portfolios - Give students their own page to post content, upload homework, and share their work.Expand Horizons - Share and interact with other classrooms or groups, across town or around the world.

50 Ways to use wikis in classroom

How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child

predators?

How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web?

Mary wants to be sure her students are

protected from the wider internet.

YOU control who sees your wiki

You invite your studentsEach student has a unique login and

password

Education wikis are free and never display advertisements

NO ADS

Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on

line.

Will her students write offensive

comments?

How can she monitor her students’ activity?

You have a history of every edit

You are notified of every change

No more “dog ate my homework”

Edits are time-stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.

PBworks is Free and Easy to set up

No IT department is needed!

Simply create a password and begin

Set it up and it worksjust like typing in Microsoft Word

Just like creating a

Word document

Easily insert

Images and Video

Just click and begin

Post a picture or a video

Teachers can make coursework and

homework information easily available to both students and

parents.

With easy-to-use plug-ins you can create a

calendar.

Quickly create new pages Templates designed with teachers

in mind

For more ideas check out the PBworks educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates

and a community of fellow teacher users.

http://pbworks.com/education

Join the more than 400,000 teachers who have used PBworks for their classrooms, from elementary schools to Stanford and Harvard.

http://cougarpedia.pbworks.com/http://mrsangelacunningham.pbworks.comhttp://missb.pbworks.comhttps://andreclass.pbworks.com/

Educator wikis are free, fast, and ready to use.

Create one now at www.pbworks.com

Follow along with Part II to create your own wiki!

Parts of this presentation used with permission of PBWorks @2010