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| Looking at the Wiki / Kathy Cassidy / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 |
I searched for appropriate resources in my Delicious account, my educational sandbox (a customized search engine for a select set of blogs... see How Do You Search for Information on a Topic?), LiveBinders, Pinterest, Scoop.it!, Twitter, YouTube, and on the web. At this point I have developed a list of resources that should be useful in four areas:
- introduction to wikis
- interesting wiki sites
- wiki platforms / vendors and
- resources for educators.
Introduction to Wikis
Obligatory Wiki Photo / Alan Levine / CC BY-SA 2.0
- http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/wiki.htm
- How Wikis Work... good explanation
- http://dictionary.sensagent.com/wiki/en-en/
- Definition of Wiki and Wikipedia article on Wikis... includes photo of Ward Cunningham (the father of wikis)
- http://elearninginfographics.com/the-wiki-journey-infographic/
- The Wiki Journey Infographic... embeddable, describes the use of the word wiki since the introduction of wikis
- http://www.commoncraft.com/video/wikis
- Wikis... CommonCraft's video that introduces wikis... a "for evaluation only" version... site lists plan and pricing options
- http://www.coolcatteacher.com/videos/teaching-students-about-wikis
- Teaching Students about Wikis with a Wiki Sandbox Project... introduction to wikis for students... includes sandbox assignment, video, and other resources... use this to guide you (the teacher) as you create your own lesson because it uses an older version of the wiki software
- http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/index.cfm
- Wiki Walk-Through... introduction to wikis and using them in teaching
Interesting Wiki Sites
Representing WikiHow / Dvortygirl / CC BY 2.0
- http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page
- Wikiversity… an open educational resource… more than 26,000 learning resources (as of 5/11/2014)
- http://wikimindmap.com/
- WikiMindMap… creates a mindmap for the topic you choose in Wikipedia
- http://www.wikia.com/Wikia
- Wikia: Create. Collaborate. Be Original.… a network of games, entertainment, and lifestyle content… a collaborative publishing platform… more than 370,000 wikias (as of 5/11/2014)
- http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page
- Wiki How (to do anything)… a collection of how-to guides… step-by-step instructions… a collaborative effort… more than 170,000 how-to articles (as of 5/11/2014)… volunteer recent changes patrollers quickly revert poor edits
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary… a collaborative project… goal is to “describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English”… includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics, and appendices… Wiktionaries are available in other languages
Wiki Platforms / Vendors
Google Sites / AJ Cann / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wiki Platform Comparisons
- http://www.wikimatrix.org/
- WikiMatrix… provides access to more than 140 wikis… some or all wikis can be compared based on features… matrices are also available for forums, podcatchers, and weblogs
Wikispaces
- http://www.wikispaces.com/
- Wikispaces and Wikispaces Classroom… wiki and social writing platform for education…. use for classroom management and project-based learning… pricing varies from free to $$$ and number of wikis varies from 1 to unlimited
- http://help.wikispaces.com/
- Wikispaces Help
- http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=19188
- Wikies: Ten (not so) Secrets about the Web's Most Powerful Tool... tips for using Wikispaces
Google Sites
- https://sites.google.com/
- Google Sites… create websites and secure group wikis
- https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/sites
- Google Sites Forum… share suggestions, ask questions, and connect with other users
- https://support.google.com/sites/?hl=en#
- Google Sites Help Center
- http://www.steegle.com/
- Steegle.com for Tutorials... free Google Apps and Google Sites help tutorials
Resources for Educators
"wiki was very good" / fin5bjh / CC BY 2.0
- http://50ways.wikispaces.com/50Mobile+Ways
- 50+ Web Ways to Tell a Story: 50 Mobile Ways… original site works with non-mobile apps… now mobile apps are included
- http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
- The World War I Document Archive… archive of primary documents from World War One… assembled by volunteers… international in focus
- http://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-make-wiki-references/
- How to Make Wiki References… uses Son of Citation Machine [new version: http://www.citationmachine.net/] and MLA...
- http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-budget-resource-collaboration-video
- How Teachers Collaborate Online and in School… teachers create a resource called Beyond Textbooks
- http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=504768
- 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom… older site but the ideas are still good
- http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=wiki
- Pinterest search for wiki… many good pins… select what serves your needs
- http://www.edutopia.org/blog/wiki-classroom-audrey-watters?page=2
- Why Wikis Still Matter… reasons to use wikis
- http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2008-wiki-teacher?page=11
- Wiki Woman: How a Web Tool Saved My Career… a wiki is the hub for almost all class activity… students are actively involved
- http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/06/guest-post-my-magical-wiki-adventure.html
- My Magical Wiki Adventure… a teacher’s journey using wikis in the classroom
These sites should help facilitate some interesting and useful discussions. How do you help other educators discover the benefits of using wikis?
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