1. Professional Development Day workshop 2/19
Working with a
Professional Development Day workshop 2/19
Presentation by:
Kathleen Weil
and
Jennifer Rhoades

2. What is a wiki? Wikis and blogs Teacher use Student use
Today’s Objective:
What is a wiki?
Wikis and blogs
Teacher use
Student use
Create your own wiki

3. Already have a blog. Wikis and blogs are wonderful when used together
Already have a blog? Wikis and blogs are wonderful when used together! Here’s the difference:
Wikis
Blogs
An interactive website
Can attach any type of doc
Best for group projects
Added content can go anywhere on page
Comment/Post/Comment
Word docs are complicated
Best for individual points of view
Added content always goes at the top of the page

4. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
What is a Wiki?
A webpage with an Edit button
Easy to use
Perfect for collaborative learning
Overview:
A Wikispace is basically a group of web pages with “edit” buttons on them. It’s a simple way to edit web pages and to have others edit them with you. Wikispaces is designed to be easy and fun so that you can focus on getting things done with students, teachers, and anyone else you need to work with.
You can get started with a wiki very quickly and don’t need much training. All you need to do is to create an account and space and you are ready to go.
Wikispaces isn’t limited to text. It can hold many pages, each of which can have pictures, videos, discussion forums, documents, spreadsheets, and more. This means you can work on essays or other text-based projects, but you can also upload classroom handouts and homework assignments or have your students create visually interesting multimedia classroom projects.
Key points for this slide:
A wiki is a web page with an edit button.
It’s easy to use because it’s easy to work with and easy to get started with.
It has many uses in education due to its simple collaborative nature.
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5. Teachers ‘organizers’ and Students ‘members’