Wikis





http://www.wikispaces.com
Features:
 * WikiSpaces** - This site is a great tool for teachers and students. It is very user friendly.
 * Teacher created Wiki
 * students can join the wiki to be able to add and edit
 * students can have own wiki pages within the wiki
 * students can comment, like in a blog
 * great way to share student created materials for parents, friends, others to use and access
 * teacher then has ability to edit/delete content
 * great collaboration tool - any wiki member can edit

Check out some of Seaman's Wikis:
 * http://seamantech.wikispaces.com/
 * http://usd345keythings.wikispaces.com/
 * http://usd345keythings11-12.wikispaces.com/
 * http://northfairviewtech.wikispaces.com/

National Educational Technology Standards for Students - NETS*S - Great site for tech in the classroom
 * http://interactivenets.wikispaces.com/

[|50 Ways to use Wikis for a more collaborative an interactive classroom]

Best Educational Wiki Award Winners
 * http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/
 * http://studentmathmovies.wikispaces.com/
 * [|More 2011 Winners]

Educational Wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

__**Other Wiki Links**__ [|PikiWiki] is more oriented to multimedia and to drag-and-drop editing. This one is also free. Wetpaint: WetPaint Student Created Wiki samples[| http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/Student+Created+Wikis]

Your Task: Join this wiki and add a page teaching the group something. It could be about you, about your content area, about how you will use social networking in your classroom. You decide. Try to have the following things:
 * Heading/Title
 * Content text/information
 * At least one picture
 * At least one link