1. Wikis

2. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 What is a wiki? Wiki is Hawaiian for “quick” or “quickly.” A type of website that allows users to easily add and edit content. Open to the public, so the content can be changed any time, by anyone. Very effective tools for collaborative writing

3. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 Why Would I Want a Wiki? It can be a very effective means of promoting collaboration for professional learning communities or schoolwide projects. You can join educator wikis, sharing ideas relevant to instruction or co-authoring documents. Teachers may find wikis an easier method of compiling classroom project information (compared to a traditional website).

4. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 Wikis for PLCs

5. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 How can teachers use wikis? To manage classroom projects To post student work (photos/videos) To promote collaboration among students To expose students to “online learning experiences” prior to college

6. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 Great Wikis by Teachers Kelly Rush (Trussville City Schools) –https://www.trussvillecityschools.com/Teachers/Ke lly.Rush/US%20Government/Wiki%20Pages/Home. aspxhttps://www.trussvillecityschools.com/Teachers/Ke lly.Rush/US%20Government/Wiki%20Pages/Home. aspx Amanda McIntosh – Reading Journals –https://www.trussvillecityschools.com/Teachers/A manda.McIntosh/readingjournawikis/Wiki%20Pages /Kailey%20L.aspxhttps://www.trussvillecityschools.com/Teachers/A manda.McIntosh/readingjournawikis/Wiki%20Pages /Kailey%20L.aspx

7. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 My Favorite Source of Wikis & How Powerful They Can Be Schoolwide

8. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 What about Wikipedia? Wikipedia.com is an online encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors that have generated millions of reference works in 200 languages. Students need to know how to fact-check independently by cross-referencing information with authoritative online databases. Teachers can show students how to use their reports and research to become Wikipedia contributors.

9. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011

10. Shelby County Resources http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/tech/blogs/ How to get training: –Contact your school’s resource teacher. –Plan a date to deliver training – plan for… 2 hours for beginner blog training 1.5 hours for advanced blog training –After-School trainings preferred/most PD days already booked with resource teachers –School webmaster can also train faculty & troubleshoot.

11. Shelby County PLU 2010-2011 Resources Find out more about blogs and wikis with these short videos at CommonCraft: –Blogs - http://www.commoncraft.com/blogshttp://www.commoncraft.com/blogs –Wikis - http://www.commoncraft.com/video- wikis-plain-englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/video- wikis-plain-english Start your own blog by contacting your school technology resource teacher. Start your own Wiki at Wikispaces –http://www.wikispaces.com/http://www.wikispaces.com/