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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taming the Wild Wiki

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Take a look at the credibility of online sources such as Wikipedia. Discussion points and handouts are included to facilitate a meaningful and informative dialogue. Tips are given on how to determine if a Wikipedia article is reliable...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What I Didn't Know...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice creating wikis. In this wiki instructional activity, students create a wiki about any math topic that they know nothing about. Students learn about their topic and create a wiki that explains the math topic in detail.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Wikis in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write a review of a music video. They discuss the review online about the music video. Students create a fan's webpage featuring artist news and biographical information. They discuss what types of music they like...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visit My Class Wikis

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration activity, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Intro to Wikis

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore different aspects of online safety, they post current information to a collaborative wiki page. They search for additional facts and hyperlinks to their sources. Students draft a storyboard and/or script for a...
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Handout
Other

Teachers First: Wiki Walk Through

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Get expert advice on how to use a Wiki in your classroom. Easy to follow thoughts and ideas.
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Professional Doc
Other

Wiki Education: For Instructors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers extensive resources for teachers for understanding how Wikipedia works and how to incorporate Wikipedia assignments into their teaching. Teachers can explore sample assignments and develop their own. Includes sample...
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Website
Other

Wiki

For Students 9th - 10th
Doing a project that involves the whole class or more than one class can get cumbersome when trying to keep track of all of the data collected or ideas shared. By using Wiki educators, cooperative learning groups, and anyone else can...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Collaborating, Writing, Linking: Use Wiki to Tell Stories Online

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson has students create stories that reflect wiki kind of reading. Students begin by reading untraditional books that use fragmented storylines, multiple perspectives, and unresolved plots. They apply these same types of...
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Website
Other

Wiki Wiki Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the home of the first ever Wiki site, created for the Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. The site now hosts tens of thousands of pages. This particular page give an introduction to Wikis for visitors.
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Rubric
Other

University of Wisconsin Stout: Wiki Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A rubric that can be used for assessing students' contributions to a wiki.
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Handout
Other

What Is Wiki

For Students 9th - 10th
Very short page that briefly defines the term "Wiki," and gives a description of its use. Links to additional information are available as well.
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Website
Other

Use Mod Wiki: What Is a Wiki?

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation in question-and-answer form about wikis. Explains basic concepts, derivation of the name, and how to get started with this type of internet communication.
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Website
Other

Wiki Media Foundation: Media Wiki

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the 'how to' guide offered by those that introduced 'wikis' to the world. It is a free download of MediaWiki.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia is a free-content encyclopedia, written collaboratively by people from around the world. The site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit articles simply by clicking on the "edit this page" link. You may read and edit...