Why not create a wiki for your classroom?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever considered using a wiki in your class? It can be a fabulous classroom tool with a multitude of uses.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />What is a wiki?</span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. It is like a website but it doesn't require any special knowledge of HTML. Anyone who joins the wiki can write and edit on the wiki which makes it ideal for classroom use. What I like about using a wiki is that it is free and it makes sharing and collaborating on all kinds of content as easy for your students as it is for you. </span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />A great example</span></b></h3><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Watch how this 2nd grade teacher uses a wiki in her classroom. This is an amazing video and gives a good idea of what a wiki is as well as how it can be used: This is not a YouTube video so click on the video link below the picture to be taken to the viewing site. </span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5tHnRsHHFdQ2hwW70bokChEyb9x45k_X8OiqyTdfP1ArHvcY4nVh5PvIL4OIBifwwN9jei-z_AXh2e0hMaqSc5XlwcTYxsfesJolXLFwH8M8wUtwAtRRhTJBxKeo3dpZ1xJ-Jxl03bw/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVM5yViP_MqbVdQJMhDOnCqFLFg6-xWD0frLLzBbZgOd65jnqXJvfTU8rDoJW4xcQFALzRAj2fgcvdl9peQHhOjVJbJyBWei1CADs7CqqXjFOkwUqekdWSYrWeH0pJEFEYLpUTdLrTNE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mistreamnet.com/vidflv.php?who=milearn.connected.wikis.020712">http://www.mistreamnet.com/vidflv.php?who=milearn.connected.wikis.020712</a> <br />(13 minutes)<br /><br /><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Types of wikis</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />It is amazing to see all the ways that wikis are used by educators. I have gathered some of the ideas together and presented them in the Slideshare. </span></h3><br /><div id="__ss_12883071" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/types-of-wikis" target="_blank" title="Types of wikis">Types of wikis</a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/12883071" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Create your own wiki using Wikispaces</span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />If you think you would like to give a wiki a try, I have created some instruction for you. My favourite wiki platform is Wikispaces. They give educators so many free options and have designed their wikis to be really easy to operate. This Slideshare shows you how to create a wiki using Wikispaces.</span></div><div id="__ss_12882714" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-create-a-wiki-using-wikispaces" target="_blank" title="How to create a wiki using Wikispaces"><br />How to create a wiki using Wikispaces</a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/12882714" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A challenge </span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hopefully I have challenged you to give Wikispaces a go. Let me know if you do!</span></div></div>

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