1. Wiki Wiki – A collection of web pages that can be edited by a group.
Wiki – “Wiki wiki” means "rapidly" in the Hawaiian language

2. Benefits for 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

3. Possible uses for wikis
Collaboration Between Teachers
Literature Circles in Primary School
Chain stories; choose your own adventure stories
Collaborative research project between students
Student Portfolios
Organisational tool for digital class resources

4. Sample wikis http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/

5. Guest login
Username:
Password:

6. Go to www.wikispaces.com

7. Join Wikispaces
Follow the prompts to register for the wiki under the join now. It will send you an that you need to reply to.

8. Click make a new space

9. Making a new space Give the space a name Choose visibility
Click create

11. Edit the page
Click Edit this page

12. Once you have checked the Getting Started information you can delete it and write the introduction / welcome page
Save the changes

13. Create new pages
Click new page

14. Give the page a name
Click create

15. Write your information here
Click Save

16. Editing a Wikispaces Wiki
The Basics
Click on ‘Edit this page’
You can then start typing directly onto the page
Click save when
finished editing
Numbered
list
Section
dividing line
Insert
picture / file
Insert special
character
Insert
code
Italics
Underline
Bold
Font colour
and style
Preset text
sizes
Bullet
points
Add
hyperlink
Remove
hyperlink
Embed
media
Add
Table
Switch to
html view

17. Invite others to join the wiki
Click manage space

18. Click invite people

19. Write in the email address
Write a message / edit generic message
Click send

20. Create discussions
Click discussions

21. Write the subject of the discussion
Write the discussion question
Click Post

22. To go into that discussion click on the discussion

23. Reply to the question
Click post

24. Extra information for getting started
Complimentary upgrade to “Plus plan” for educational wikis – removes advertisements
Uploading files
Student logins – no address necessary – *see following slides
*Ensure that your computer permissions and appropriate use forms have been returned by all students involved
*Notify parents of your intention to use a wiki with your class

25. Student logins
If you are a K-12 educator and have registered your wiki with our free K-12 education Plus plan, you can create student accounts in bulk yourself. You can make up to 100 accounts at one time. To create accounts, just follow these steps:
Navigate to your wiki.
Select "Manage Wiki."
Under People select "User Creator."
Choose the wiki you would like to add the users to.
You can enter the list as text or upload an excel or .csv file with usernames and passwords. addresses aren't required to create accounts. For more information on setting up the list of accounts, see our section on formatting your account list below.
The bulk user creator will guide you through the process of setting up your accounts. If you have any questions, send us an at .

26. Student logins cont. user1,email1@address.com,password1
A few important notes that will help us create these accounts for you quickly: Usernames We have a large number of accounts on Wikispaces, so many combinations of first names, last names, and initials are already taken. It's much more likely we can make all the accounts you ask if you add a school identifier to your students' usernames. For example, if your school is called John Smith High, instead of asking us for the usernames, adam, james, and dom, we recommend jsh-adam, jsh-james, and jsh-dom. Length of Usernames and Passwords Please make sure that usernames are at least 3 characters long (we allow letters, numbers, underscores _, or dashes -) and that passwords are at least 6 characters long. Which Wiki? Finally, make sure to let us know which wikis we should add them to as members.

27. Help for teachers

28. Getting tricky with wikis
This is a great how-to site to assist you with special features and formatting for your wiki

29. Possible wiki trials Have your students complete a chain story
Place internet links, documents or homework tasks on wiki for students to access (no student logins needed, just give them the url)
Class project – a page for each student / pair of students to cover different sub-topics
Class / level news – url sent home to parent so that they can access. Member parents could post comments
More ideas