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Lessons Learned from Creating My First Wiki: A Guide for Educators

Creating wikis can be a rewarding yet challenging experience for educators. This guide shares valuable lessons learned from developing wikis, emphasizing the importance of starting even with little knowledge. It discusses researching various wiki engines, visiting other wikis for inspiration, and securing your wiki from unwanted edits by inviting trusted members. Key considerations include understanding author contributions and fostering collaboration among learners. This resource aims to help teachers navigate the wiki-making journey effectively and promote a collaborative learning environment.

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Lessons Learned from Creating My First Wiki: A Guide for Educators

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  1. Wikis are not meant to be traveled alone. Lessons Learned from Creating Wikis on My Own

  2. It’s ok to jump in with littleknowledge…but some helps. HOME • Research the various wiki engineswww.wikispaces.comhttp://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers (login for free teacher wikis) • http://www.wikikids.nl/ • www.pbwiki.com • PeanutButterWiki • Socialtext • Wetpaint • Wikia •  see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_farms for a comparison of these and others • 2. Visit other wikis to get ideas: List of wikis, • 3. LPS teachers that are using wikis • 4. Other teachers’ wikis

  3. HOME Friends are good to have, but it’s nice to know who they are. Create a wiki that is protected: • Invite members • Use a password protection • Only allow a few administrators to edit the page(s) On my Life of Pi page, within 2 days of opening the wiki, we had many “guests” erasing information, student names, pictures, etc. It was a fairly easy fix, but could have been avoided by inviting students upfront. Depending on the program you choose, you could simply have a password that allows users to edit the wiki.

  4. HOME Knowing who created the information on a wiki isn’t important…unless you want to give students a grade. • See the following example I created to explain how to acknowledge the author of information • Directions

  5. HOME Notice: that’s it! • Truly, I created my first wiki without much information, having the site open to all users, and really had a limited understanding of the potential of wikis. • Yet, as you can see with the Life of Piwiki and even the beginnings of the English teacher collaboration wiki, it is OK to develop the wiki as you go. And, let the learners to decide the destination. That is the benefit of collaborative work.

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