wikis

=**Wikis**=

Wiki-wiki means quick in Hawaiian. A wiki is a collaborative, co-editable web space.
[|Pedagogical Potential of Wikis] [|Wiki Walk Through from Teachers First] - Good intro

**Wikipedia**
"The biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. Over two million articles and still growing." An encyclopedia anyone can edit. [|www.Wikipedia.org] [|Nature Magazine: Comparison to Britannica for accuracy] [|New Yorker Article: "Can Wikipedia Conquer Expertise?] Look up some topic(s) you are familiar with. Check your sense of accuracy. Pick an offbeat topic such as Ithaca trails, or poison ivy. Edutopia: [|Using Wikipedia in the Classroom]

[|The 21st Century Classroom: Using Wikis: Introduction] Mrs. Maines Wiki

[|Best Practices and Examples from PBWiki] [|K12 Example Wikis from PBWiki]

**Local Examples:**
Ann Bechert at DeWitt MS Using a wiki for notetaking - [|ICSD Tech Mentors] or [|Staff Dev. Wiki] http://incas-wiki-bjm.wikispaces.com/ bookseries [|literacymatters] literacychanges ICSD Paraprofessional's Guide

Play with a wiki at: http://enter21.wikispaces.com Make and edit your own at [|wikispaces.com] or go to http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K where they are giving away 100,000 ad-free wikis for educators.