http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com
http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=38 This site has detailed information on setting up a wiki.
Adam is a founder of wikispaces.
Wiki is "a web page with an edit button," shows history of entries.
Good for sharing everything learned together. Good for groups of 2 or 3.
Meebo interfaces with all IM. Meebome and Meeboroom.
You can paste widgets unto Wikispaces pages.
You can chat through wiki pages. Gives a back door for chat in the classroom. Students can share concerns, comments and questions.
From Vicki, why she uses wikis - free, runs on older computers.
Use in classroom - lesson summaries, collaborative notes, cooperative learning, introduction and exploratory projects
She tries to not tell the students too much. She will start something with a question and allow the students to search the Internet for answers. Then she has the students find the answer and share it. This is better than just telling them the answer.
She saves and shares the best wikis.
Wikis give students an audience.
Teachers can see the history of all editing. So students can be held accountable to make meaningful edits.
Can set up on wikispaces student accounts without email. You send them the names and they assign an account and password. A wiki can be set up public or private.
Don't spend a long time setting up the structure of the wiki. Let it evolve over time.
Wiki allow for connection of students around the world.
Look at the "Flat Classroom Project" and the "Horizon Project."
Vicki spent over 200 hours collaborating with a teacher in Australia through a wiki.
Cool things to embed in wikis: Meebo, slides http://slideshare.net, Eluminate sessions, Youtube, Odeo, www.toondo, Google maps, Bubbl.us, anything you can add to a web page, voiceThread.com,
She requires all of her students to have an RSS reader.
Every teacher should have an RSS feed.
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