Wiki's+in+the+Classroom

__//** Wiki's in the Classroom **//__
A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page using a web browser. It's so terrifically easy for people to jump in and revise pages that wikis are becoming known as the tool of choice for large, multiple-participant projects.

__**Wikipedia says:**__
A **wiki** is a page or collection of [|Web pages] designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content (excluding blocked users), using a simplified [|markup language].[|[1]][|[2]] Wikis are often used to create [|collaborative] [|websites] and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia [|Wikipedia] is one of the best-known wikis.[|[2]] Wikis are used in business to provide [|intranet] and [|knowledge management] systems. [|Ward Cunningham], the developer of the first [|wiki software], [|WikiWikiWeb], originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".[|[3]] "Wiki" ( [|/wiːkiː/] ) is a [|Hawaiian] word for "fast".[|[4]] "Wiki Wiki" is a [|reduplication]. "Wiki" can be expanded as "What I Know Is", but this is a [|backronym].[|[5]]

__**Wiki's in Plain English:**__
Check out this video on wiki's: []

**__Free Wiki's__**
Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com PBWiki: [] 

__Educational Wiki's__
http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis []

**__Classroom Wiki Work__**
We will use this site to practice using a wiki: http://bloomclasswiki.wikispaces.com/

**__Assignment:__**
Your assignment is to create your own classroom wiki. You may create the wiki on any educational topic you are doing in your curriculum. You must have the Home page and at least two additional pages on your wiki. Obviously, the purpose of the wiki is to create a collaborative project with your students. However for this project I will not require you to have student involvement. You are more than welcome to if you choose.

Once you have created your wiki, please email me the link to your wiki. I will post it below for the other classmates to review. Your completed wiki is due on April 7th.

__**Classmate Wiki's:**__
**Bruce Sacavage: http://mrsacavagesclass.wikispaces.com** **Kelli Vasallo:** http://holocaustwiki.wikispaces.com/ **Dennis Waddell:** http://mrdenniswaddell.wikispaces.com
 * Michelle Bennett:** http://communityofhelpers.wikispaces.com/
 * Christi Babb**: http://cbabb-7.wikispaces.com
 * Pat Dixon:** http://mrdixons.wikispaces.com
 * Karen Fink: ** [|http://www.finkstars.pbwiki.com]
 * LouAnne Gasperine:** http://mybiologyspace.wikispaces.com
 * Tanya Gower:** [|http://www.mrsgower.wikispaces.com]
 * Erin Hamilton:** http://hamilton3.wikispaces.com
 * Kaya Loehr:** http://msloehr.wikispaces.com
 * Pat Menges:** http://pastudiescurtin.wikispaces.com
 * Pam Miller:** http://mrsmillersclassroom.wikispaces.com/
 * Maria Pulizzi:** http://curtinscience.wikispaces.com/
 * Michelle Pulizzi:** http://roosevelt111.wikispaces.com
 * Nichole Sampson:** http://sampenglish9.wikispaces.com
 * Liz Sauers:** http://sauerswasd.wikispaces.com
 * Dana Schenck-Welshans:** http://wahs-reading.wikispaces.com
 * Susan Shade:** http://msshadesclassroom.wikispaces.com
 * Kelly Shearer:** http://shearerenglish12.wikispaces.com/
 * Dennis Weiskopf:** http://dweiskopf.wikispaces.com
 * Nancy Wirth:** http://mrswirths2ndgrade.wikispaces.com