Wikis in Education - Recently Updated Pages

Wikis I've Created

kbell6 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:44:06 CDT

Ms. Bell on Wetpaint

Technology & Writing Wiki

Hero Unit

Copyright & Fairuse

Secondary ELA

Scriptwriting & Storyboarding Software

Classroom Wiki Example

Parent Teacher Group Wiki Example

Book Club Wiki Example

Group Project Wiki Example

PB Wiki - Language Arts Department Wiki

My Wedding Wiki

Ms. Bell on Wikispaces

Acceptable Use

kbell6 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:34:22 CST

Hopefully school and school district "Acceptable Use Policies" will be able to inform school and educator developed wiki policies and guidelines as they are developed. In general a district wiki policy should cover issues related to student identity on the World Wide Web, in order to prevent students from including specific identifying information in classroom wikis, such as full names, photos and emails. A district wiki policy should also include guidelines for posting information on a wiki that is inappropriate, inaccurate or where postings may bully another student. It is a good practice to develop the rules and guidelines for your wiki with your students and ensure that they have a positive tone. As in a traditional classroom, students are more likely to abide by rules that they have developed than ones imposed on them. This is also a good time to layout any rules or citation guidelines that you would like student to follow when referencing other content whether online or offline.

Example:

Understand that this site is an extension of school. All school rules apply, even if you come to this site when you are not at school.
Use the name that you were assigned by your teacher.
Never, ever, put your last name on this site.
Never, ever, put your e-mail address, home address, phone number nor any other means of contact on this site.
Never make any changes or add any sorts of content to the site that are inappropriate.
Do not make changes to this site that are outside the instructions and intent of this wiki.

Don't forget CIPA - Children's Internet Protection Act - http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html

Social Networking Acceptable Use Policy

Sample Blog Acceptable Use Policy

Related articles:
School Administrator: Web 2.0
Is Web 2.0 a Good Fit for Education
Build a Web 2.0 Sandbox
AUPs in a Web 2.0
Developing an AUP
Keeping Children Safe
AUP 2.0
Sample AUPs
Weber School District AUP

Administrator Approval
Once you an envision how your wiki will work and be used, it is best to get your principal or supervisor's approval if you are one of the first teachers using such a "new" web tool. Recent news stories about social networking sites have administrators on edge. Your school's Acceptable Use Policy may have some specific rules about using tools like wikis. You want to find out the following:

Is it permissible to post student work to web?
What is the policy on posting student names (initials? pseudonyms?)
What is the policy on posting pictures of students or class scenes?
What is the policy on posting any information that might identify the wiki class?
Can these policies be met through security settings, parent and student agreements?
Does the district filering prevent access to the wiki tools from school? If so, will your administrator facilitate UNblocking of the wiki's exact URL?

Everyone knows what devices and applications have to be covered in an AUP, but here’s a list of some newer items you should consider addressing next time you update: Devices

Multifunction cell phones
MP3 players
Jamming/interference devices

Applications

Social networks
Social bookmarking
Podcasting
Blogs
Wikis
Multiuser role-playing environments
Video games

Wiki Guidelines

kbell6 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:28:24 CST

Basic Wiki Guidelines

Appropriate Use

Before beginning a wiki project, please review the LISD Acceptable Use Policy.
GET PERMISSION! Get permission from your administrators and your parents. Let them know that your students are publishing their work on the web.
NEVER use student last names on any website
Get rid of the advertising! Choose a wiki that is ad-free and protect your students from inappropriate ads.
Make sure students understand that anything they publish online is considered school work, and all content should be school appropriate.
SET YOUR WIKI TO PRIVATE, and password protect it, especially if it includes any school, district, or proprietary information.
More information about COPPA -Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Important Info about Editing Wikis

Only edit one page at a time! If more than one person try to edit the same page at the same time, content could be lost.
History is important! The history of the page will allow you to delete wrong or inappropriate content, or restore changes that were made inadvertently.

FAQ

What is a wiki? A wiki is a type of free online writing space that allow users to add, modify, and update its pages. It is essentially a website that anyone can edit (i.e. Wikipedia).
Why wiki? The most obvious benefit of using a wiki is the ability to offer a quick way to collaborate textually, while creating a content rich website. Where the knowledge of the group is greater than an individual, and the end product is the result of group interactions.
How can I use it in the classroom?

Use for student projects where the group members need to contribute at different times and from different locations. (Perfect for small groups!)
Use for collaborating on ideas and organizing documents and resources from individuals and groups of students.
Use for a group research project.
Use for a book club/literature circles.
Student created books & journaling.
Classroom discussion.
Webquests.

Attached below is a Sample Wiki Warranty. Feel free to customize for your campus/class/project. It is a great way to inform parents and keep students on their toes. Please note, these are just general recommendations, not direct instructions from the district.

Administrative Controls

kbell6 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:09:34 CST

The amount of publishing control a visitor to a wiki will have depends on how the wiki administrator has set up the software. In general, the wiki administrator can make changes to the user interface of the wiki. This might include different wiki themes, the navigation and other customization features. This is usually on the outside or around the main text of the wiki. The inside area, or the area where the main content is located is often set-up so that others can edit and add content to the wiki. Publishing controls can take many different forms, here are a few examples:

Personal Publishing: A wiki can be used as a personal brain dump, where one user (the wiki administrator) has access to the wiki and everyone else becomes a viewer of the content.

Group Publishing: A group of people have access to the wiki - usually done through user-names and/or passwords that are given out by the wiki administrator. Few have access to edit, change and add pages on the wiki, but all can view.

Public: Changes can be made by anyone who visits the wiki, changes and additions are monitored by the group as a whole. A good example is wikipedia. This type of permissions allow you to collaborate with the world.

Private Wikis Wikis may be used for a number of different purposes which limit access to the wiki. For example, if the wiki is located on an intranet you are automatically limiting access to the wiki. Access may also only be granted with username/password to all of the content of a wiki - (PBWIKI example set to private) Or you may not want to have contributions from anyone else, but a select group of people.

Which Wiki?

kbell6 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:02:29 CST

There are literally hundreds of wikis to choose from. Here is a breakdown to help you choose:
(Please note this page is under construction!)

Name of Wiki URL Pros Cons Recommendations
Wetpaint www.wetpaint.com

more info here
Nice layout
Easy to use
Ad-free for educators
User IDs require email address
Users must be at least 13 years old
NEVER use student last names
High School only
get parent permission for wiki use and an email account usage
set wiki to private
Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com
Ad-free
No email address required for students IDs
Designed with educators in mind
Layout not as nice as others
Setup could take longer
Not as many bells & whistles
NEVER use student last names
get parent permission for wiki use
set wiki to private
PB Wiki www.pbwiki.com

more info here
Ad-free
one password for entire site
no email address required for students
still able to track users contributions
advanced controls are only availabe with premium subscription ($9.95/month)

NEVER use student last names

get parent permission for wiki use
set wiki to private

Writing Wiki is a free online writing spaces for college students or others who love writing. Because it's a fairly new site, Writing Wiki does not attract significant numbers of readers. Writing Wiki sponsors student writing and original research.
Wikipedia
Wikibooks
Teaching Wiki is a free space for teachers to brainstorm about pedagogy, research, and theory.
Wetpaint: www.wetpaint.com
PB Wiki: www.pbwiki.com
Wikispaces: www.wikispaces.com (ad free for educators)
Zoho Wiki: www.wiki.zoho.com
Media Wiki (software): MediaWiki is a free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia.

Dokuwiki (software)

Links

kbell6 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:17:17 CST

PB Wikis in Education

Wetpaint wikis in Education

Wetpaint Education Abassador

EduWiki

Using Wiki in Education - A Wiki Book

"Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not," by Brian Lamb (Educause, Sept. 2004)

Example of how a student-owned site can foster frank communication among its participants

www.teachinghacks.com (cool wiki for educators)

Wikimania (International Wikimedia Conference)

"Wikis in Education" interview with Victoria Davis & Adam Frey

Wikia Education Wiki: The Education Wikia is for all information related to education, including educational materials, methods of teaching, and e-learning.

Media Wiki (software): MediaWiki is a free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia.

Dokuwiki (software)

Wikipad: WikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down.

Instiki: is a wiki clone so pretty and easy to set up, you’ll wonder if it’s really a wiki.

Click here for an article titled, "Using Wikis in Schools, A Case Study" by Lyndsay Grant

Getting Started

kbell6 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:10:01 CST

Here is a great website that walks you through all the steps and considerations when using wikis in the classroom:
Wiki Step by Step: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikistep1.cfm

How To Use Wetpaint?

How do you envision using the wiki? ( How will you explain it to parents and administration? Feel free to use the examples here to help.)
Who will be able to see the wiki? (the public? members only?)
Who will be able to edit the wiki? (the public? members only? vary by section?)
Who will be able to join the wiki? (students only? parents? invited guests? the public?)
What parts of the wiki will you “protect” (lock from changes)?
Who will moderate the wiki for appropriateness, etc?
Who will have the ability to reset changes?
Will you, as the teacher, be notified of all changes?
Will the wiki have Individual or global memberships? (by individual students if you want an individual record of who made changes, or with one log-in per group or class?)

Tips & Tricks

kbell6 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:56:47 CST

Remember! Although wikis allow for asynchronous collaboration, if two people try to edit a page at the same time, the system won't know which one to save and you could lose information.
When adding a new page, always make sure you are on the page that you want to create a subpage within. For example, if you want a 6th grade subpage, click on 6th grade, then select "add a new page" from the Page Toolbox.
One of coolest things about wikis is that you can restore the history. If you accidentally change a page or erase something, you can restore it. See the blue box below - click "complete history" to see what I'm talking about.
If you delete a page, you will not be able to create a new page later with the same name.

Obstacles

kbell6 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:58:37 CST

Wikis conflict with traditional assumptions about authorship and intellectual property.
Students are sometimes reluctant to contribute to wikis because they lack confidence in their writing, they worry about not receiving credit for contributions, or they do not like their ideas, words, contributions being revised or deleted without consent.
Some teachers and students are uncomfortable about the advantages and disadvantages of public writing.
Some technology averse students do not like having to learn how to use wikis and/or find even the relatively simple steps for editing or posting work daunting.
Because Wikis are not presentation software, use of visuals and design options are limited.
Although selecting "restore" to replace content that was inavertently deleted or intentionally hacked is easy, the editing process is nonetheless a hassle.

Wikis in the Classroom

kbell6 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:57:28 CST

Introducing wikis to your students:

Introduce students to the rules for writing on wikis. Wikipedia , for example, does not allow for reporting original research. Instead Wikipedia seeks the goals of traditional encyclopedias, to present known knowledge.
Develop a system for recording the efforts and accomplishments of individuals. (You can accomplish this by having students sign the pages they author or contribute to.)
Talk with students about the conventions they will establish for co-authoring texts. At Wikipedia, for example, the authors' names are not listed on the articles. Instead, users need to select history to see who wrote what.
Almost every wiki has a StyleGuide: a guide to the writing customs and the culture of the wiki. Have students collaboratively write a StyleGuide for their wiki. Here's an example of a StyleGuide.
Ask students to play particular roles. One important role is the "Guard"--the person who watches the wiki pages and ensures that spam or bad edits are not entered, undermining the hard work of the wikiauthors.
Wiki Walk-Through for Teachers

How can wikis be used in the classroom?

Group projects: Students work together in one place to research, outline, draft, and edit projects within the wiki

Assignments: Post homework, course materials, study guides, and more.

Resource Collections: Organize articles, websites, videos, and other resources for students

Peer Review: Post questions for student brainstorming, or have students post papers for peer feedback

Group FAQ: Students and/or teachers post and respond to questions on a given topic

Parent Involvement: Give parents a chance to be a part of the classroom and stay up to date on classroom news and events

Online Newspaper: Create a student-published online newspaper

More Ideas:

Provide a space for free writing
Debate course topics, including assigned readings
Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscripts
Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects
Require students to collaborate on documents, such as an essay written by the entire class
Discuss curricular and instructional innovations
Encourage students to revise Wikipedia pages or take on new wikipedia assignments
Inspire students to write a Wikibook
Support service learning projects (i.e. use wikis to build a website about a challenge in their city)
Use for student projects where group members need to contribute at different times and from geographically diverse locations.
Use for collaborating on ideas and organizing documents and resources from individuals and groups of students.
Use as a presentation tool where those who attend a workshop can contribute to future versions of the workshop.

Wiki Integration Ideas for Subject Areas:

Math:

A wiki for long problems so the class can collaborate on how to solve them.
A wiki for students to share and rewrite proofs. What a great way to see the different approaches to the same problem!
Applied math wiki: students write about and illustrate places where they actually used math to solve a problem.
Procedures wiki: groups explain the steps to a mathematical procedure, such as factoring a polynomial or converting a decimal to a fraction.
Pure numbers wiki: student illustrate numbers in as many ways possible: as graphics to count, as mathematical expressions, etc. Elementary students can show graphic illustrations of multiplication facts, for example.

Science:

A student- made glossary of scientific terms with illustrations and definitions added by the class. Linking to separate pages with detailed information would allow the main glossary list to remain reasonably short.
A taxonomy of living things with information about each branch as you study Biology over a full year.
Designs of experiments (and resulting lab reports) for a chemistry class.
Observations from field sites, such as water-testing in local streams, weather observations from across your state, or bird counts during migratory season. Collaborate with other schools.
Detailed and illustrated descriptions of scientific processes: how mountains form, etc.
A physics wiki for those wicked-long problems so the class can collaborate on how to solve them (a “wicked wiki”?).

Social Studies:

A mock-debate between candidates, in wiki form (composed entirely based on research students have done on the candidate positions).
A collaborative project with other students in another location.
A collection of propaganda examples during a propaganda unit.
Detailed and illustrated descriptions of governmental processes: how a bill becomes a law, etc.
A “fan club” for your favorite president(s) or famous female(s).
A virtual tour of your school as you study “our community” in elementary grades.
A local history wiki, documenting historical buildings, events, and people within your community. Include interviews with those who can tell about events from the World War II era or the day the mill burned down, etc. Allow adult community members to add their input by signing up for “membership” in the wiki. This project could continue on for years and actually be a service to the community. Perhaps the area historical society would provide some assistance, if you can get them to think beyond the closed stacks of their protected collections!
A document-the-veterans wiki for those in your community who served in the military. Interview them and photograph them, including both their accounts and your students’ documentation and personal reflections on the interviews.
A travel brochure wiki: use wikis to “advertise” for different literary, historical, or cultural locations and time periods: Dickens’ London, fourteenth century in Italy in Verona and Mantua ( Romeo and Juliet), The Oklahoma Territory, The Yukon during the Gold Rush, Ex-patriot Paris in the Twenties, etc.

Language Arts:

A continuing story in which your class adds sentence suing new vocabulary words and writes and adventure story in collaboration with the entire class. They will NEVER forget the meaning of the words as they read and re-read their story each time they visit to add. The story can be a single version or branch off into multiple versions and endings.
A collection of mythological allusions found in “real life” while studying Greek/Roman mythology: Ex. Mercury cars- why are they so named?
An online writer’s workshop or poetry workshop with suggested revisions from classmates. Start with drafts and collaborate. Make sure students use the notes tab to explain why they make changes.
Summary and discussion of a scene of a play, a poem, or even chapter by chapter of a novel, with groups taking responsibility for different portions
Literary analysis of actual text on the wiki- with links to explanations of literary devices, a glossary to explain vocabulary, etc. Try it with a scene from Shakespeare or a sonnet! Each student or group could be responsible for a portion, then ALL can edit and revise to improve the collaborative project. You will be amazed how much they will find and argue.
Collaborative book reviews or author studies
Creative projects, such as a script for a Shakespeare scene reset in the 21st century
A travel brochure wiki- use wikis to “advertise” for different literary, historical, or cultural locations and time periods: Dickens’ London, fourteenth century in Italy in Verona and Mantua ( Romeo and Juliet), The Oklahoma Territory, The Yukon during the Gold Rush, Ex-patriot Paris in the Twenties, etc.
Character resume wiki: have literature classes create a resume wikis for characters in a novel or play you are reading. Both creativity and documented evidence from the literature are required (use notes to indicate the evidence from the text).

Wiki ideas for other subjects:

A virtual art gallery with ongoing criticism and responses regarding artwork. found online or originals from your art classroom (a cwitiqwiki).
A catalog of musical styles or musical instruments.
Collections of recipes for a home ec class.
A collaborative project with speakers of a foreign language and in another location: A day in the life of an American/Japanese/French/German/Mexican family.
A movie review wiki for teens hoping to find the best date flick? (a Flickr?).
A humor study wiki for gifted students trying to learn the fine art of spoof and satire, including visual as well as verbal.
Collections/montages of examples of an abstract concept, such as “surrealism”- why do you can this surrealist?- explain/refute.
An orientation wiki for the next students to come to your middle or high school (Everything you Need to Knowiki).
Make a nutrition wiki with ideas for ways to eat healthy at local restaurants (a nutwition wiki?).
A careers wiki. Have students interview people about their jobs and write up descriptions of different career paths. Invite the workers to add their own input and pictures, as well. Keep this wiki as part of an alumni project for your high school students investigating school-to-work options.
Buy a Car wiki- interest, financing, car dealer info, car model reviews, etc (in driver ed, math, or business class).
Consumer wiki- student articles on consumer issues and warnings, including the local mall, area businesses, even cell phone plans. This is great for middle schoolers learning about consumer rights.
Get a Job wiki- share info on good/bad places to work and why.
Let students create a “study hall” wiki for their assignments and prep for upcoming tests in your class and others(credit to the students of Vicki A. Davis-- Cool Cat Teacher --Westwood for this one).
Wonderstudent Wiki: As preparation for college or job applications, have groups of students create a fictitious student-resume wiki, demonstrating good skills at “selling” one’s talents and accomplishments. Invite potential employers or college admissions officers to respond to the wikis, if possible.
A space for ESL/ELL students to tell stories of their experiences learning a new culture. Their writing skills will be the winners, and they can edit and help each other to improve. One possibility: write it like an Amelia Bedelia story (the character to takes every idiom literally, cutting up sponges to make sponge cake, etc.

Wiki ideas appropriate for most subjects and grade levels:

Study guides made by student groups for themselves and peers: each group prepares the guide for one aspect of the unit or responsibility rotates: one unit guide per semester.
Vocabulary lists and examples of the words in use, contributed by students (ongoing throughout the year).
The wiki as the organizational and intellectual epicenter of your class (see the Aristotle experiment)- Wiki all assignments, projects, collaboration, rubrics, etc.
Products of research projects, especially collaborative group projects: civil war battles, artistic movements, the American electoral process, diseases and prevention, etc. Remember that the products do not have to be simply writing. They can include computer files, images, videos, etc. Creating an organizational structure for the content is an important part if the project.
An annotated collection of EXAMPLES from the non-school world for anything: supply/demand, capitalism, entrepreneurship, triangles, alliterations, vertebrates or invertebrates, etc. Include illustrations wherever possible.
What I Think Will Be on the Test wiki: a place to log review information for important concepts throughout the year, prior to taking the “high stakes” test, AP test, or final exam. Students add to it throughout the year and even from year to year.
An “everything I needed to know I learned in Ms.Teachername’s class” wiki where students add their own observations of ways the class knowledge has spilled over into the “real world.” For example, a student might write about actually using a simple algebraic equation to figure out dimensions for cutting lumber or foamcore for a display or write about ways that her friend shows tragic hubris and is heading toward a fall.
A travelogue from a field trip or NON-field trip that the class would have liked to take as a culmination of a unit of study: Our (non) trip to the Capital and what we (wish) we saw.
Articles by students who miss school for family trips, written about their travels on the class wiki, relating what they see to concepts learned before they left: mammals I saw on the way to Disney, geometric shapes in the Magic Kingdom, the most cost-effective lunches while traveling, etc. Remember: hotels usually have Internet access. Make the world a part of your classroom!
An FAQ (or NSFAQ- Not So Frequently Asked Questions) wiki on your current unit topic. Have students post KWL entries and continue adding questions that occur to them as the unit progresses. As other students add their “answers,” the wiki will evolve into a student-created guide to the topic. Example: Civil War FAQ or Biomes FAQ. You may find that the FAQ process can entirely supplant traditional classroom activities, especially if you seed a few questions as the teacher. This would also depend on whether you have consistent computer access on a daily basis, a luxury many schools do not have.

Home

kbell6 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:34:12 CST

Welcome to my presentation on wikis in education. I hope you find this site useful and informative. Click on a page to the left find out more about wikis in education.

What is a WIKI?

THIS WEBSITE IS A WIKI!

Wikis are free, online writing spaces. Wikis use simple formatting rules, so you don't need to understand HTML.
Wikis were named for the "Wiki-Wiki" or a Hawaiian adjective for "quick."
For some, wikis convey a highly collaborative view of composing and creativity. People who contribute to a wiki need to understand that their words may be deleted and changed by others. Wiki authors do not claim ownership of a text.
When writers contribute to a public wiki, their work could potentially be read by millions of readers.
Wikis give focus to the last draft, yet wikis provide a history. Each time the text is changed, a new version is saved. Anyone can go back later and see previous versions. This allows teachers and students to see the writing process in action.
Wikis are generally published online, though desktop and gated wikis are possible. Permissions can be set to limit the readers and writers who participate.
Textual authority is dialogical. Revision is privileged in the wiki. Each new reader can suddenly become a writer. The draft that matters is the last draft. Power and authority are given to the community rather than an individual or official staff.
Wikis are designed specifically as a writing space. They are not a presentation space nor a course management system. Wikis make it possible - and necessary - for writers to continually build upon, revise, and edit an emerging text.

TWiki is a structured wiki, typically used to run a collaboration platform, knowledge or document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware application. Web content can be created collaboratively by using just a browser over the Internet or an intranet. TWiki allows users without programming skills to create wiki applications, and developers can extend its functionality with plugins.

Learn More Here: http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wikis

ISTE Standards

kbell6 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:20:06 CST

Below are the NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) for Administrators that apply to the use of a wiki by students, faculty, and staff.
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LEARNING AND TEACHING.
Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching. Educational leaders:
1. identify, use, evaluate, and promote appropriate technologies to enhance and support instruction and standards-based curriculum leading to high levels of student achievement.
2. facilitate and support collaborative technology-enriched learning environments conducive to innovation for improved learning.
3. provide for learner-centered environments that use technology to meet the individual and diverse needs of learners.
4. facilitate the use of technologies to support and enhance instructional methods that develop higher-level thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
5. provide for and ensure that faculty and staff take advantage of quality professional learning opportunities for improved learning and teaching with technology.
PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others. Educational leaders:
1. model the routine, intentional, and effective use of technology.
2. employ technology for communication and collaboration among colleagues, staff, parents, students, and the larger community.
3. create and participate in learning communities that stimulate, nurture, and support faculty and staff in using technology for improved productivity.
4. engage in sustained, job-related professional learning using technology resources.
5. maintain awareness of emerging technologies and their potential uses in education.
6. use technology to advance organizational improvement.
1. eveloped with district resources.

Editing Wikis

kbell6 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:19:01 CST

Wiki Markup

Many wikis use special codes that allow you to format the text, tables and images that appear in the wiki. The type of markup that you use will help to determine what your text, hyperlinks and images will look like. Although most wikis now allow WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing.

HTML Code

Some wikis will allow you to include HTML code when you edit the wiki. You can use your favorite web editor to create the text how you would like it to look, and then cut and paste the code into your wiki.

WYSIWYG Wiki

Other wikis include a graphical user interface that has an HTML area which converts what you create into the appropriate wiki markup or HTML code. This 'what you see is what you get' approach to editing a wiki is a very easy for the beginner.

Three Types of Wikis

kbell6 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:10:41 CST

Hosted Wikis

Hosted wikis, often referred to as wikifarms, offer open and/or password protected wikis with different levels of customization and extendibility. Some of these wiki farms are free others offer paid features. A few examples are: PeanutButterWiki, SeedWiki, Wikia, and Wikispaces. Wikispaces also offers advertising free wikis for educators.

Server Hosted Wikis

This wiki software is installed on a web server, MediaWiki, which is hosted on TeachingHacks.com is an example of this type of installation of a wiki. A few examples are: MediaWiki, Docuwiki, and Twiki.

Desktop Wikis

This software is installed on the local computer and does not require a web server for administration. It works for the end user and are not shareable on the web. A few examples are: VoodooPad (Mac OS X), WikidPad (Windows) or Instiki (Windows and Mac)

Discussion Forum

kbell6 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:29:47 CST

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Voice Thread

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Chat

kbell6 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:34:14 CST

A lot of wikis allow you to integrate really cool widgets, like chat rooms, video, etc.

A Wiki Prayer

kbell6 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:38:41 CST

Please, grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,
The courage to edit the pages I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference

—Author unknown

Name of Wiki	URL	Pros	Cons	Recommendations
Wetpaint	www.wetpaint.com more info here	Nice layout Easy to use Ad-free for educators	User IDs require email address Users must be at least 13 years old	NEVER use student last names High School only get parent permission for wiki use and an email account usage set wiki to private
Wikispaces	www.wikispaces.com	Ad-free No email address required for students IDs Designed with educators in mind	Layout not as nice as others Setup could take longer Not as many bells & whistles	NEVER use student last names get parent permission for wiki use set wiki to private
PB Wiki	www.pbwiki.com more info here	Ad-free one password for entire site no email address required for students still able to track users contributions	advanced controls are only availabe with premium subscription ($9.95/month)	NEVER use student last names get parent permission for wiki use set wiki to private