Wikis

[|Wetpaint] These wikis are easy to edit because the toolbar moves down the page with you. You can add interesting features such as videos and polls. A drawback to this wiki is the amount of print on the sides of each page, which make it very busy for children learning to read. Teachers can ask for the ads to be removed from their wiki. [|Wikispaces] (You are reading one!) Wikispaces is giving away 100,000 free wikis to teachers. It takes about 2 minutes to set one up. The pages contain very little "extra" content, and you can choose to have the toolbar move down with you. The "Help" desk is very prompt to reply. [|Wikispaces for Teachers] [|PBwikis for Educators] - Another, easy to use wiki option for educators.

[|Wiki Walk Through]

[|Wikis While You Work - Presentation from K12 Online Conference]

Wikispaces Help Help for Teachers Using Wikispaces

[|How I use wikis in the classroom - Vicki Davis]

http://techwithme.pbwiki.com/Web+2+Tools+for+Education

Examples from teachers

http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/Topics

Alice Barr Wiki resources [|Alice Barr Delicious links for wiki examples]

=**Upper Grade Examples**=

Derrall Garrison's Grade 6 class Collaborative Book Project Wiki - Grade 5 Rock Write and Listen - high school project Learning About Space [|History Fair Project] [|A Biology Class wiki] 5th Grade book talk wiki- An award winning collaborative project The Flat Classroom Project - an award winning project The 2008 Horizon Project - A sister project to the Flat Classroom Project

[|Teaching and Learning in a Networked Classroom]- wiki for a graduate level course

=Examples of primary wikis grouped by subject area:=

**Language Arts**
Grade one students using a wiki to cooperatively write a story. Grade three/four students in Austrailia made this "choose your own adventure" about Terry the Tennis Ball.

Math
Kathy Cassisdy's six and seven-year-olds wondered what 1000 looked like, so we are collecting 1000 names. They also made a graph of our favourite foods and invited others to contribute. Kindergarten classes started [|this page] to show visually what the numbers to 100 look like. Kindergarten classes collecting data together to compare at the end of each month. [|Primary Math Wiki] Primary classes sharing pictures of patterns.

Science
Another Kathy Cassidy wili for when the class was learning about dinosaurs. [|Primary Plant Project] - Classes sharing what they are learning about growing things.

Social Studies
When Kathy Cassidy's class studied schools in the past, they interviewed their grandparents, and recorded their experiences on a wiki. Grade three/four students made this wiki about how their town of Geelong, Austrailia has changed over time. A grade one class is inviting contributions as they learn about responsibilities. A primary class collects traditions.

**Arts**
The creator of [|Heart to Heart Around the World] is collecting children's artwork with the theme of hearts. (This is actually a blog, but the creator invites you to become a member and contribute.)