01.+Wiki's+in+Education

[|Definition of a Wiki]
A **wiki** is a collection of [|web pages] designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified [|markup languag]. Wikis are often used to create [|collaborative] [|websites] and to power community websites. For example, the collaborative encyclopedia [|Wikipedia] is one of the best known wikis. Wikis are used in businesses to provide affordable and effective [|intranets] and for [|Knowledge Management]. [|Ward Cunningham], developer of the first [|wiki software], [|WikiWikiWeb], originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".

As a teacher, you can use wikis for:
 * Class Notes
 * Parental / Student Communication
 * Lesson Summaries
 * Handouts
 * Course Syllabus
 * Course Links and Resource Notes
 * School or class calendar
 * Collaboration of Notes
 * Concept Introduction and Exploratory Projects
 * Dissemination of Important Classroom Learning Beyond the Classroom
 * Teacher Information Page
 * Student written books
 * School Newspaper

Wiki's in Plain English- by [|Common Craft] media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K
Other resources for using Wiki's in Education: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articles and Resources http://www.classroom20wiki.com/Wikis http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/ http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/About This Wiki http://techtipsforteachers.wikispaces.com/Your Wiki Education http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Home