WIKI

WHAT IS A WIKI? A wiki is a website that lets others join in to create and edit content. Check out Common Crafts explanation of a wiki in [|Plain English].


 * __WIKI'S IN THE CLASSROOM__**
 * Class notes
 * Communication tool for parents, students, school, etc.
 * Lesson summaries
 * Teacher information page
 * Peer review platform
 * Unit of study: Social Studies, Math, Vocabulary
 * Literature circle disscussions
 * Students research posted web-sites for validity
 * Students respond to weekly poem
 * Spotlight on Student (favorite websites, books)
 * Webquests

//Wiki's can help teachers in the following ways://
 * Build learning communities
 * Provide storage space, saving resources from previous years
 * Improve communication
 * Publish student work
 * Revise and edit an on-going classroom story
 * Group and grade level planning

[|wikispaces]
 * __WIKI PLATFORM__**

Looking to add students without email adresses? Check out Teacher Help for that process (#5) and other helpful hints. Hint: you do not need to include an email even though the format looks as if you do. Without email it looks like this: username,password. This will be the username and password for their wiki spaces login. From their dashboard, they can acess your wiki and create their own wiki.
 * __USER GUIDE__**

Computer Internet Connection
 * __MATERIALS__**

You can turn on notifications that will send you an email every time someone edits your page
 * __TIPS__**

Examples of wikis in education
 * __RESOURCES/EXAMPLES__**