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Wikis for Educational Purposes

Wikis for Educational Purposes. Wiki: Hawaiian Word = fast. Developed by Ward Cunningham – named after the Wiki Wiki shuttle at Honolulu Airport in 1995 Collaborative knowledge building: many minds are better than one First uses: technical manuals with editing rights

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Wikis for Educational Purposes

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  1. Wikis for Educational Purposes

  2. Wiki: Hawaiian Word = fast • Developed by Ward Cunningham – named after the Wiki Wiki shuttle at Honolulu Airport in 1995 • Collaborative knowledge building: many minds are better than one • First uses: technical manuals with editing rights • Now, over 3 million entries with accuracy of information almost equal to any encyclopedia.

  3. A Wiki • A collection of page(s) on a topic-- creating a website with hyperlinks • Every visitor is a potential contributor. • The objective is the sharing of knowledge whereby a dynamic series of page edits by viewers refines and improves the end product.

  4. Wikis in Plain English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

  5. Wikipedia • An online encyclopedia which was “written” by ordinary humans who know something about a topic. • Every time you get on Wikipedia, you are also a potential editor of that page.

  6. Let’s Try One: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSales_University

  7. More than just Wikipedia

  8. Professional Development via Wikispaces: Troy Hicks

  9. Teacher-Led – Student Contributors http://gowest.wikispaces.com/

  10. Main Web-Host Sites PB wiki (now PbWorks) Wikispaces • A freemium site (some features for free but others for pay) • Started out with the premise that making a wiki is as easy as making a peanut butter sandwich. • Used by many educators because it can be protected. • Began as an open-source site; now a freemium site. • More user-friendly but less robust than PB Works

  11. New Peanut Butter Wiki: Not so peanut-buttery anymore!

  12. Example of a Class Wiki

  13. Wikispaces: K-12 Educators Host Site Freemium for K-12

  14. Freemium

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