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Waldwick Academy: Free Educational Web 2.0 Tools **Session 4 - February 7, 2012**

__**Topic**__:

A wiki is a website that can be edited by anyone. Wikispaces is an easy to use wiki creator that provides ad-free wikis for educators in K-Higher Ed for zero-cost. Learn how to use a wiki to support learning objectives and collaboration.

**Wiki's in Plain English by Common Craft** - @http://youtu.be/-dnL00TdmLY


 * __ How You Can Use Wikis with Your Students __ **

1. Create a WebQuest.

2. Post links or embed lesson support materials. http://6thgrade-informationliteracy.wikispaces.com/
 * First Day of Class Introduction – January 24, 2011
 * Embed a Presentation/Prezi – February 14, 2011
 * Embed a Video and Upload Files – January 20, 2011

3. Location to display students’ work.

4. Space for student responses and discussion, to idea prompts, video clips, articles, blog posts, etc.


 * NYTimes Response
 * Gulf Oil Spill Discussion
 * Ms. McCanns' English Wiki

5. Website where your students can create and publish anything they can dream up. (Online newspaper, class Wikipedia, Poster Gallery, etc.)

6. Embed a self-grading Google Form Quiz.


 * __ Examples of Exceptional Educational Wikis __**


 * ICTMagic - Educational Web 2.0 resources wiki.
 * resourcesforhistoryteachers - History resource wiki.
 * Greetings From the World - Globally collaborative wiki.
 * Soar to New Heights - 4th Grade Class wiki.
 * WebTools4u2use - Wiki of Web 2.0 tools.
 * Book Trailers for Readers - Wiki of student-made book trailers.
 * Mr. Bergmann's Science Wiki - High School Science wiki.
 * Miss Wargo's English Wiki - High School English wiki.
 * Mr. Bruce's History Wiki - High School History wiki.

** Practice Working with Wikispaces **


 * __ Learning Resources for Wikispaces __ **

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Tutorial from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne.


 * How-To Week, Day 1 - Using Wikispaces - Free Technology for Teachers blog post.
 * How to Embed Google Presentations into Wikispaces - Free Technology for Teachers blog post.
 * Using Blogs and Wikis are Core Skills - Free Technology for Teachers blog post.
 * Wikispaces Blog - Blog maintained by Wikispaces. Includes editing tips and updates about other wikis.
 * WikSpaces' Wiki Tours - Excellent video tutorials created by Wikispaces about how to create a new wiki, edit a wikipage, create links, and more.
 * Wikispaces Teacher Help Page - Wikispaces help page for educators.
 * Blogs, Wikis, or Docs? - Table analyzing when it is best to use each of these Web 2.0 tools.
 * PD Presenter's Toolkit - Wikispace tutorial. Explores what wikis are, their benefits, ways educators can use wikis, examples of excellent educational wikis, and activity suggestions for getting started with using Wikispaces.
 * educationalwikis - A wiki about how to use wikis in education. Includes examples of educational wikis.
 * TalbertsTechTalk - List of wiki resources.