Wikis

We've all heard of [|wikipedia], but a wiki is basically a web page that can be edited by its users. There are a couple of sites designed for educators who wish to have their students collaborate on anything from vocabulary lists to encyclopedia-like entries. A wiki, like the one you are looking at right now, can be a central location for students to gather and share information. You could have groups of students read different chapters of a novel or textbook and then share their notes with each other via a wiki. You could have students find websites or youtube videos that enhance your readings and have them post those here (after review by you of course). Wikis can be used to extend learning outside the four walls of your classroom and to place more of the learning into the hands of the students.

[|Wikispaces] - the one we're using here [|PBwiki] - as simple as PB&J [|Wetpaint] - Education wikis are ad-free

[|Article] in Education Week's [|Digital Directions] about wikis in the classroom.

In our class, Digital Learning and Information Literacy, we used a wiki as part of a final project. The students spent the semester researching and using various Web2.0 Tools and posted links to the tools on the Wiki as a way of sharing with others. Using a tool such as this allows students to work collaboratively and to share what they've learned with others beyond their individual classmates.

Here is the 2007 Flat Classroom Project Wiki.