What is a Wiki? Wikis in Plain English Why are Wikis useful? Using Wikis in the Classroom Integration Ideas

What is a Wiki?

Wiki Basics Pt. 1 from Jeremy Brueck on Vimeo.

• Wiki is a website that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content usually in a Web browser.
• Wikis are free online writing spaces.
• Wikis use simple formatting rules--Like word processing.
• Authors do not always claim ownership.
• Wikis are published online.
• Wikis provide a history and anyone can revisit prior versions of text.

Wikis in Plain English

Why are Wikis useful?

Wiki Basics Pt. 2 from Jeremy Brueck on Vimeo.

This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.

Using Wikis in the Classroom

• Collaboratively Authored Class Texts

• Writing Projects

• Group Projects

Integration Ideas

• A wiki “fan club” for you favorite author.

• A virtual tour of your school as you study “our community.”

• Collaborative book reviews or author studies.

• A class “encyclopedia” on a special topic, such as animals or state history.

• Create a Wikibook.