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Session Name: Working in a Wiki Wonderland Presenter Name: Kevin Jarrett School or District: Northfield Community School Email: kjarrett@ncs-nj.org | Twitter: @kjarrett | Blog: @http://www.ncs-tech.org About this session: Wikis are the fastest, easiest, and cheapest (as in free) way to create online workspaces your students can use for collaborative projects and to showcase their work.

= MY GOAL(S) TODAY: TO GET YOU TO TRY CREATING/EDITING WIKIS YOURSELF AND CONVINCE YOU TO IMPLEMENT ONE IN YOUR CLASS! =

=Discussion / Resource / Activity Outline= =References / Resources=
 * 1) ==What's a wiki?==
 * 2) Wikis are web pages anyone can edit. (See movie below!)
 * 3) Many wikis are free to use. Some, like Wikispaces, give educators free and unlimited premium service.
 * 4) Wikis are primarily "text" based but graphics can be incorporated into wiki designs. Other tools like Glogster EDU and Wix.com can be used to "dress up" wikis.
 * 5) Many people (e.g., a class of students) can edit a wiki, though two people cannot edit the same wiki PAGE at the same time.
 * 6) ==Possible Uses & Applications==
 * 7) Classroom Website
 * 8) 5th Grade Geography: Geo-Squirts USA
 * 9) http://monsonclassroom.wikispaces.com/
 * 10) http://missfagaloa.wikispaces.com/Maths
 * 11) District Resource Page / Curriculum
 * 12) WSD's eToolbox
 * 13) NCS ILA TechFusion (my school)
 * 14) Special Class Project (non-collaborative)
 * 15) 2nd Grade: Winter Olympics
 * 16) http://hobbitalk.wikispaces.com/
 * 17) http://primaryextension.wikispaces.com/PaigeLauren
 * 18) Globally Collaborative Class Project
 * 19) http://studentmathmovies.wikispaces.com/
 * 20) http://globalexplorers.wikispaces.com/
 * 21) http://comparinghemispheres.wikispaces.com/
 * 22) ==Getting Started==
 * 23) Sign up for a free Wikispaces account (and create your own wiki).
 * 24) Plan your wiki
 * 25) Focus / Goal / Objective: what are your goals OUTSIDE of technology?
 * 26) Students: How many? Think about usernames.
 * 27) Content: You'll need to design the main wiki. What will you include?
 * 28) Collaboration: Within your class/school? With other schools?
 * 29) Launch: Explaining wikis to your students
 * 30) Management & Control: under the hood of your wiki
 * 31) =Let's PLAY! Check out this test wiki! Experiment! Add stuff! Delete stuff! Have fun!=
 * 32) http://kjtest123.wikispaces.com/
 * 33) ==Let's BUILD your own Wiki in 15-20 minutes! **<= THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT, PEOPLE!** ==
 * 34) Reference: []
 * Wikispaces in Education Tutorial (Jennifer Carrier Dorman) - terrific 56-slide presentation covering wikispace wikis in depth
 * 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom (Smart Teaching Blog) - need ideas for a wiki project? Look no further!
 * Getting Tricky with Wikis - the single most comprehensive site with info on how to customize a wikispaces wiki.
 * Five-Category Wiki Rubric (ReadWriteThink.org) - great starting point for a classroom wiki rubric
 * Wiki Editing Rubric (Andrew Churches) - based on Bloom's Taxonomy
 * Why Wikis Still Matter (Edutopia) - great review of current thinking about wikis & their relevance in a Web 2.0 world

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