Wikispaces

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=What is a wiki?= ="Wiki" ( /wiːkiː/ ) is originally a [|Hawaiian] word for "fast".=

Free Wikis for Educators:

 * [|Wikispaces for Teachers] (Note: If you forget to use the direct educator link to create a wiki, click on "Subscription" under "Manage Space" and request a complimentary upgrade to Plus for K-12 education.)
 * [|PB Wiki For Education]
 * [|Wet Paint]

Sample Wiki Used by Teachers During Professional Development Session
http://jscrslms.wikispaces.com/

Articles

 * [|Make Way for Wikis]
 * [|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators]
 * [|English Teacher Shakes up Learning with Positive Results]
 * [|How Do I Use WIkis in the Classroom]
 * [|For Teachers New to Wikis]
 * [|Benefits of a Wiki]

**Samples of Instructional Wikis**
> Indian Lakes Elementary School's PTA wiki - for school year 2008-2009. > Each participating class (grades preK - 6, from throughout the US and world) chose one or more of Dr. Seuss's books and created either a webpage, a wiki, a blog, a presentation, a bubble share, etc about their book. The project began in August of 2007 and concluded in December of 2007. > This project is open to Fourth Grade classrooms across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The goal is to help students learn about the state of Virginia from each other.
 * Indian Lakes PTA
 * Salute to Seuss
 * Regions of Virginia
 * Prerequisite (summer) reading lists!
 * German Art Project
 * [|Pathfinders]
 * Salute to Seuss
 * [|Welker’s Wikinomics]
 * [|12th Grade Math Outcomes Portfolio]
 * Flat Classroom Project
 * WWI Poetry Visualization
 * [|AP World History Review Wiki]
 * [|Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki]
 * [|Lemony Snicket Wiki]
 * [|Wikijunior]
 * [|Yewlands Science School]
 * [|Novel Study]
 * Holes wiki
 * LMS Book Club
 * Deep River Elementary School
 * Astronomy Alphabet
 * Discovery Elementary
 * Arbor Heights Elementary
 * [|6th Grade Project]
 * [|5th Grade Nature Guide]
 * Educational Wikis
 * [|Curricular Ideas for Using Wikis]
 * FHS Wolves Den
 * Sheehy English

Benefits of Wikis Brainstorming
free fast/quick collaborative scaffolded student motivation allows for teacher feedback teachers can monitor process putting thoughts in words track student participation non-threatening flexible

Additional Instructional Uses for a Wiki

 * school-wide book discussion
 * book talks with teachers
 * 9th grade book discussion
 * collaborative research project

Wiki Resources


[|Wikispaces Video Tutorials]


 * 1) First create an account for yourself on [|wikispaces.com] (if you don't already have one).
 * 2) Login to [|wikispaces.com].
 * 3) USE THIS LINK TO CREATE YOUR WIKI - [|Wikispaces for Educators]. If you use this link to create your wiki, you'll be able to use the User Creator tool in the "Manage Wiki" section of the wiki to create users for your wiki, if necessary.

**How do I add an Image or File to My Page?**

 * 1) Click the image icon which looks like a tree in a box.
 * 2) Use the "Upload New File" or "External Image URL" dialog to select the image or file you wish to put on your page.
 * 3) Put the cursor at the position on the page where you wish to put the image or file.
 * 4) Double click the image or file to put it on the page.

How do I place videos, calendars, or other media on my wiki?
We provide you with a way to embed videos, audio, calendars, and any other embeddable web service on to your page. > For example - Below is an example of a video from Teacher Tube. The red arrow indicates where the embeddable code is located. Highlight the code, and copy it (control-C). > > Then paste the code you just copied into the proper box for the widget. > >
 * 1) Click "Edit This Page."
 * 2) Go to the embed widget button on the toolbar that looks like a television.
 * 3) Choose the type of media you would like to embed, such as YouTube or Google Calendar
 * 4) For each application, there will be instructions for copying the HTML from that application's site and pasting it in the widget tool's box.
 * 1) Once you have embedded the widget to your page, "Save" your page.

How do I add a table to my wikipage?
You can create tables by clicking on the table image in the toolbar. After you specify the number of rows and columns for your table, click "Ok."

How do I make changes to my table?
If you would like to make any changes to your table after you have created it, click on a cell in the table.
 * 1) The table icon will appear on the edge of that cell. Click on that icon.
 * 2) Options for changing the alignment or heading for a cell, row, column, or the entire table will appear. You will also have the option to add or remove rows or columns or merge cells with each other. You can also choose to delete the entire table.

= SAMPLE ACTIVITY = [|embed code.docx] Open the "embed code.docx" file and copy the contents of the file. The file contains the necessary embeddable code to add a specific Teacher Tube video to your wiki. Add a widget to your wiki, select video - Teacher Tube, and paste the code in the proper box. Save your changes. You have embedded a video into your wiki!

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**Wiki Tips**
Remind students to not use last names. Set up guidelines for editing each other's work. Under Manage Space, use the Members and Permission feature to establish who can view and edit your wiki. Public means anyone can see and edit your wiki. You can also lock down your wiki so that anyone can view it but only members can edit. See the Wikispaces Help for Teachers to see how to create member accounts for your students. The information is copied below:

5. Is there an easy way to create accounts for all of my students! Sure - if you don't want your students to have to create accounts themselves, just email help@wikispaces.com with a list of usernames, email addresses (if you have them - if you don't just leave them out), and passwords in the following format and we'll create the accounts for you.

code user1,email1@address.com,password1 user2,email2@address.com,password2 user3,email3@address.com,password3 code

A few important notes that will help us create these accounts for you quickly:

Usernames We have a large number of accounts on Wikispaces, so many combinations of first names, last names, and initials are already taken. It's much more likely we can make all the accounts you ask if you add a school identifier to your students' usernames. For example, if your school is called John Smith High, instead of asking us for the usernames, //adam//, //james//, and //dom//, we recommend //jsh-adam//, //jsh-james//, and //jsh-dom//.

Length of Usernames and Passwords Please make sure that usernames are at least 3 characters long (we allow letters, numbers, underscores _, or dashes -) and that passwords are at least 6 characters long.

Which Space? Finally, make sure to let us know which spaces we should add them to as members.