Wikis in the Classroom

If you know what a Wiki is and you know how it works, the next question will be; How do I use it in my in the classroom?

Depending on your comfort level you might explore different projects from:

• Basic presentations, where you can post conventional presentations such as PowerPoint
• Data Collection: Create a table and collect data from your class (favourite pet, foods, music etc...
• As the Wiki's moderator you will be able to track group work
• Creating Basic Websites: Consider Wikipedia, which by itself is a series of individual web pages, authored, edited by several contributors.
• Collaborative group work: Where students will create a document, add and edit to the work

To learn more about Wikis in the classroom, listen to a Podcast with Steve Hargadon (EdNet), Adam Frey,Co-Founder of Wikispaces and Vicky Davis, teacher at Westwood Schools : Hargadon Podcast on Wikis in Education

Vicky also presented at the "K12 Online Conference 2007" and you can view her online presentation. Her slideshow is also available and it's titled Wikis in the Classroom .