Wikis in EducationPart I: Introduction
Helena Baert
A wiki is an easy-to-use
free web page that multiple
people can edit.
Wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian
In the classroom, a wiki is a free
tool that empowers
every student to participate
in group projects.
James has assigned a team research project.
What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high
quality work?
ConversePost ideas
Respond
Forum
WritePublish
Comment
CreatePublish
CommentConversePost IdeasRespond
ShareEdit
CollaborateEngage
Blog Wiki
Three great ways to communicate with students
“It's so easy to create a site to help guide
students along with projects. I have found that
it's a good way to make handouts available to students - I just point
them at the web address. I post links to my PBworks
Rockford's site so that parents can access
project guidelines as well.”
Justin Wylie Rockford High School
Possibilities in Education:Class Resources - Publish class notes, PowerPoint lectures, schedules and policies; show off examples of great student work.Group Projects - Build collaborative pages, start discussions and encourage comments. Parent Outreach - Keep parents involved. Post assignments, key dates and volunteer lists. All available at home, from work, or anywhere.Student Portfolios - Give students their own page to post content, upload homework, and share their work.Expand Horizons - Share and interact with other classrooms or groups, across town or around the world.
50 Ways to use wikis in classroom
How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child
predators?
How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web?
Mary wants to be sure her students are
protected from the wider internet.
YOU control who sees your wiki
You invite your studentsEach student has a unique login and
password
Education wikis are free and never display advertisements
NO ADS
Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on
line.
Will her students write offensive
comments?
How can she monitor her students’ activity?
You have a history of every edit
You are notified of every change
No more “dog ate my homework”
Edits are time-stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.
PBworks is Free and Easy to set up
No IT department is needed!
Simply create a password and begin
Set it up and it worksjust like typing in Microsoft Word
Just like creating a
Word document
Easily insert
Images and Video
Just click and begin
Post a picture or a video
Teachers can make coursework and
homework information easily available to both students and
parents.
With easy-to-use plug-ins you can create a
calendar.
Quickly create new pages Templates designed with teachers
in mind
For more ideas check out the PBworks educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates
and a community of fellow teacher users.
http://pbworks.com/education
Join the more than 400,000 teachers who have used PBworks for their classrooms, from elementary schools to Stanford and Harvard.
http://cougarpedia.pbworks.com/http://mrsangelacunningham.pbworks.comhttp://missb.pbworks.comhttps://andreclass.pbworks.com/
Educator wikis are free, fast, and ready to use.
Create one now at www.pbworks.com
Follow along with Part II to create your own wiki!
Parts of this presentation used with permission of PBWorks @2010