Wikis

=Instructional Uses of Wikis=

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Samples of Instructional Wikis
[|Yewlands Science School] [|Novel Study] LMS Book Club Deep River Elementary School Astronomy Alphabet Discovery Elementary Educational Wikis [|Curricular Ideas for Using Wikis] Joyce Valenza's Literary Criticism Pathfinder Summer Reading List

Benefits of Wikis
collaborative history/version can identify who wrote what universal access free easy writing is a process all in one place security features ability to add other files/media

Wiki Registration
Sign up for a free "no ads" wikispace for educators. [|Click Here.]

Sign up for a free "no ads" pbwiki for educators. [|Click Here.]

Group Discussion
Click on the Discussion Tab above and respond to at least one of the postings. After you have done that reply to someone else's post.

Wiki Resources
[|Wiki Tutorial]

[|Wikispaces Video Tutorials]

**Wiki Tips**
Remind students to not use last names. Set up guidelines for editing each other's work. Under Manage Space, use the Members and Permission feature to establish who can view and edit your wiki. Public means anyone can see and edit your wiki. You can also lock down your wiki so that anyone can view it but only members can edit. See the Wikispaces Help for Teachers to see how to create member accounts for your students. The information is copied below.

5. Is there an easy way to create accounts for all of my students!
Sure - if you don't want your students to have to create accounts themselves, just email help@wikispaces.com with a list of usernames, email addresses (if you have them - if you don't just leave them out), and passwords in the following format and we'll create the accounts for you.

code user1,email1@address.com,password1 user2,email2@address.com,password2 user3,email3@address.com,password3 code

A few important notes that will help us create these accounts for you quickly:

We have a large number of accounts on Wikispaces, so many combinations of first names, last names, and initials are already taken. It's much more likely we can make all the accounts you ask if you add a school identifier to your students' usernames. For example, if your school is called John Smith High, instead of asking us for the usernames, //adam//, //james//, and //dom//, we recommend //jsh-adam//, //jsh-james//, and //jsh-dom//.
 * Usernames**

Please make sure that usernames are at least 3 characters long (we allow letters, numbers, underscores _, or dashes -) and that passwords are at least 6 characters long.
 * Length of Usernames and Passwords**

Finally, make sure to let us know which spaces we should add them to as members.
 * Which Space?**