| Wikis
are web sites that are easy for everyday users to create and edit. If
you know how to type, you can make a wiki! Here’s
the definition
of wiki from Wikipedia: “A wiki is a type of Web site
that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise
edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for
registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a
wiki an effective tool for collaborative
authoring.”
Wikipedia is the biggest and most famous wiki, but there are many “wiki farms” on the web where you can grow your own wiki, some of which can also make private, password-protected wikis. For those interested in creating their own wiki, PeanutButterWiki, Socialtext, Wetpaint, and Wikia are popular examples of such services. For more info, see List of wiki farms. There are many potential educational applications. You might consider using a wiki to communicate with parents, discuss a novel, analyze political cartoons, have groups write acrostic poetry, post important web links for a particular unit of study, communicate with your Professional Learning Team, etc.
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