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Taming the Wild Wiki
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...
Curated OER
What I Didn't Know...
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.
Curated OER
Using Wikis in the Classroom
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...
Curated OER
Visit My Class Wikis
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.
Curated OER
Intro to Wikis
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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Teachers First: Wiki Walk Through
Get expert advice on how to use a Wiki in your classroom. Easy to follow thoughts and ideas.
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Wiki Education: For Instructors
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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Wiki
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...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Collaborating, Writing, Linking: Use Wiki to Tell Stories Online
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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Wiki Wiki Web
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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University of Wisconsin Stout: Wiki Rubric
A rubric that can be used for assessing students' contributions to a wiki.
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What Is Wiki
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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Use Mod Wiki: What Is a Wiki?
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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Wiki Media Foundation: Media Wiki
This is the 'how to' guide offered by those that introduced 'wikis' to the world. It is a free download of MediaWiki.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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...