wikis in the classroom
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Introduction to Wikis in the classroom...TRANSCRIPT
Get Wiki with It!!!!!
An Introduction to Using Wikis in the Classroom
By Bill Gaskins
Special Thank sAubri Keleman
Teaching with WikisObjectives:
Introduce wikis and present Wikis as information sources Wikis as professional tools for teachers Ideas for using wikis with students
What is a Wiki? A piece of software Like a word document online A page anyone can edit
Yes but can I learn to use it?
You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min.
There are several free sources for wikis.
What’s important about a wiki? Collaboration Hyperlinks
Wikipedia:Wikipedia is: A free encyclopedia Multilingual Web-based Written collaboratively by volunteers
Most articles can be changed by anyone Wikipedia has more than 3,210,000 articles
Wikis as Information SourcesWhat do you know about Wikipedia?
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikis as Information SourcesNature magazine carried out an expert-led
investigation of Wikipedia comparing it to
Britannica.
“The exercise revealed numerous errors in
both encyclopedias, but among 42 entries
tested, the difference in accuracy was not
particularly great: the average science entry
in Wikipedia contained around four
inaccuracies; Britannica, about three.”
(Giles, 2005, 1)
Wikis as Information SourcesUniversity of Buffalo professor Alex Havelis
created 13 errors on various posts of
Wikipedia. All were fixed within a couple of
hours.
During the tsunami, Wikipedia was called
“the most comprehensive source
on the web.”
(Richardson, 2005,2)
Wikis as Information Sources
Wikipedia or Whackypedia…
Wikijunior
Wikijunior
Wikis as Professional Tools for TeachersWikis support collaborative projects by: Teachers School board members Schools
.
Wikis in Elementary and Middle SchoolsWikis in upper elementary school have beenused for collaborative writing: Class newspaper Story telling Poetry Correcting teacher samples of writing Classroom wikipedia
Other ideas for wikis: Brainstorming Group work
Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School
Sample for First Grade
How might students use wikis? As information sources As collaborative tools for group work As an authentic reason to write and read As a way to publish and share work
Information Literacy Lessons Related to WikisKindergarten: How to type How to use a mouse How to paste a picture in a wiki ABC book
Grade three: How to edit a wiki How to add to the class wikipedia
Information Literacy Lessons Related to Wikis
Grade 7: Using wikis on a collaborative project
(A single lesson could be on respect in wikiland) Evaluating wikipedia as a resource Adding to wikijunior or wikipedia
PbWiki
PbWiki
Seedwiki
