1. Teaching with Technology: Wikis in Education James Baldwin Information Resource Center Dorine Takam, IRC Assistant/New Media Manager, MP Lib. Sc. October 30, 2013

2. Part1: Introduction to Wikis What is a wiki? Best practices in Education Examples Benefits & potential problems

3. What is a Wiki? 1995 – First Wiki by Ward Cunningham "WikiWikiWeb" for library of "software patterns."software patterns "Wiki" is from Hawaiian word wiki or wiki-wiki, meaning "quick”

4. What is a Wiki? A short introduction: “Wikis in Plain English” Available at http://youtu.be/QL9p-_QsXU4

5. What is a Wiki? Definition 1: An online collaborative tool that allows more than one person to work on a webpage and instantly publish it. Definition 2: A web-based collaborative communication and information creation tool. Definition 3: A collaborative website whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.

6. Best Practices in Education 1. Resource Creation: Virtual field trips, wikibook, study guides, glossary… 2. Student Participation: Exam review, peer editing, get feedback, notes sharing… 3. Group projects: organize ideas, fan clubs, track projects… 4. Student Interaction: data collection, mock-debate, reviews/opinion sharing…

7. Best Practices in Education 3. For the Classroom: FAQ, scrapbook, calendar, policies… 4. Community: recipe book, local history, news… 5. Other: student leave their books at school, parents review… 6. For the teacher: professional contacts, courses website, publishing work….

8. Best Practices in Education Video link: http://youtu.be/1pR5yogCmkA

9. Examples of Wikis for Education http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/page/Wikis +in+the+Classroom http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/page/Wikis +in+the+Classroom http://6thgrade- 07.pbworks.com/w/page/1071815/FrontPage http://6thgrade- 07.pbworks.com/w/page/1071815/FrontPage http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+ educational+wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+ educational+wikis

10. Examples http://mrsanderson10.pbworks.com/w/page/3326352 5/FrontPage http://1000names.wikispaces.com/home http://kaysgerman.wikifoundry.com http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/photos Popular wikis: Wikipedia, WikiHow, WikiTravel

11. Benefits Simple to create, to use, and free Enables collaboration (with group, class, University, world) Engages students in knowledge construction and sharing Offers advanced tracking features such as RSS feeds and page histories Values student work by potentially distributing it beyond the classroom: it is a website Values teachers work and professionalism

12. Potential Difficulties Need of Internet connection – tech based tool Complicates the evaluation of individual effort Provides opportunities for outside public feedback Intimidates less tech-savvy collaborators Setting clear objectives/roles/policies Prone to vandalism, to faulty knowledge

13. Part 2: Steps in Creating a Wiki Mostly used Wiki platforms for education 1. http://www.wikispaces.com http://www.wikispaces.com 2. http://pbworks.com/ http://pbworks.com/

14. Part 2: Steps in Creating a Wiki For Wikispaces, a self training tutorial is available at: http://youtu.be/X3P7n7C2ZqE

15. Part 2: Steps in Creating a Wiki For pbworks.com, start from the environment reserved for education: http://pbworks.com/education

16. Part 2: Steps in Creating a Wiki Available at http://youtu.be/QY3kJKzhG8U

17. Part 2: Steps in Creating a Wiki

27. Play, explore and use it!!! Browsing: http://ircsocialmedia2013.pbworks.com/

28. Part 3: Tutorial 1. Create a wiki for our class. 2. Visit http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/ameng.htmlhttp://yaounde.usembassy.gov/ameng.html 3. From the above link or other online sources, share the following content type within your virtual community: 2 websites, 2 books or articles, one video and one picture

29. Questions?

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