What+is+a+Wiki+Anyway?

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 * =What is a wiki?=

="Wiki" ( /wiːkiː/  ) is originally a [|Hawaiian] word for "fast".=

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Articles

 * [|Make Way for Wikis]
 * [|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators]
 * [|English Teacher Shakes up Learning with Positive Results]
 * [|How Do I Use WIkis in the Classroom]
 * [|For Teachers New to Wikis]
 * [|Benefits of a Wiki]

Free Wikis for Educators:

 * [|Wikispaces for Teachers] (Note: If you forget to use the direct educator link to create a wiki, click on "Subscription" under "Manage Space" and request a complimentary upgrade to Plus for K-12 education.)
 * [|PB Wiki For Education]
 * [|Wet Paint]

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 * Create an Account and a Free K-12 Space: **

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 Enter a username, password, and your email address. Create a space name (which will be in the web address for your wiki).  ·  Select a permissions level, which can be modified later.  ·  Click on the “I certify…” box.  ·  Click on “Join” to be taken to your new space.    [|Introduction] to Wikispaces Video [|Personalize Your Wiki] (Modifying Look and Feel) [|Files and Pictures] (Uploading FIles and Pictures and Loading Them to a Page)
 * Tutorials Videos**

**Samples of Instructional Wikis**

 * Prerequisite (summer) reading lists!
 * German Art Project
 * [|Pathfinders]
 * Salute to Seuss
 * [|Welker’s Wikinomics]
 * [|12th Grade Math Outcomes Portfolio]
 * Flat Classroom Project
 * WWI Poetry Visualization
 * [|AP World History Review Wiki]
 * [|Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki]
 * [|Lemony Snicket Wiki]
 * [|Wikijunior]
 * [|Yewlands Science School]
 * [|Novel Study]
 * Holes wiki
 * LMS Book Club
 * Deep River Elementary School
 * Astronomy Alphabet
 * Discovery Elementary
 * Arbor Heights Elementary
 * [|6th Grade Project]
 * [|5th Grade Nature Guide]
 * Educational Wikis
 * [|Curricular Ideas for Using Wikis]
 * FHS Wolves Den
 * Sheehy English
 * Teaching with Thinking and Technology

Wikipedia's [|definition of a wiki.] Overview of wikis at Classroom First's [|Wiki Walk-Through] Great overview [|For Teachers New to Wikis.]

Additional Instructional Uses for a Wiki

 * school-wide book discussion
 * book talks with teachers
 * 9th grade book discussion
 * collaborative research project
 * [|Wiki Ideas For The Classroom]

Wiki Resources
[|Wikispaces Tutorial.doc]

[|Wikispaces Video Tutorials] ||