Eleven Interesting Ways*

to Use a Wiki in the

Classroom
*and tips

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#1 - Create a subject-specific repository
Get students to write their own revision materials!

1. Sign up for a free

'education' wiki with
Wikispaces(see link
below)
2. Make the wiki only
open to those you
have granted access.
4. Make students 
3. Get students to sign
   responsible for their 
up for a Wikispaces
   own pages.
account
 
5. Students can  
    collaborate and 
    become 'experts'

http://wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Doug Belshaw
#2 - Ask for student response

as collaborative project
And To Think That I Saw It On My Way To School
Love That Dog
to books
Civil War Novels
Ghost Cadet
to classwork/class discussions
WikiWorld!
Emma's Politics Page
To Canadian mentor
Di Hengen and student conversations

Paula White
#3 - Show off Student Work

to demonstrate understanding
Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Consecutive Numbers The Rotunda Charlottesville, VA USA
for an audience (reports and projects)
Landmarks and Math
Discrimination (check out Japanese Americans)
for advertising purposes
5th Grade Fundraiser (see menu on left)
To meet someone (in this case, our mentor introducing
herself)
Dionne Hengen

Scott Stadium At Paula White

UVA Charlottesville,
#4 - Allow Students to create pages:

Just For Fun

5th Grade Student pages
Drew's Games
 To communicate
Summer Activities
Spring Break
To relieve stress
Going to Middle School
To organize for presentations
School Board Links

Paula White
#5- Publish Training Videos
Use Jing and Wikis together to learn and review
Students:
Researched/mastered assigned objective for MOS
Certification test
Wrote scripts with step-by-step instructions
Used Jing to record screencasts
Used a Wikispaces wiki to upload video and add
script
Wiki is now a source for learning and reviewing MOS
test objectives
Has also been shared with school staff for quick
how-to reminders

Heidi Van Riper

@hlvanrip
#6 - Post Podcast
Embed  Podcast
Create podcast and embed on page
SES Computer Lab
We use Podomatic to create ours, then embed the code
in the wiki.
Barb Smith
 #7- Sharing teaching techniques among staff
Invite staff to share ideas that work and build up a
library of techniques
For example
Good practice in teaching pupils with SEN
Ideas for stetching the most able
Ways of integrating thinking skills / MIs into lessons

Advantages
Easy access to staff when it's convienient to them
Quickly builds into a valuable resource
Some staff will contribute and this builds shared
sense of ownership

Dave Stacey
@davestacey
#8 A wiki as a forum for pupils to air issues
relevant to teenagers.
Create a wiki for a group of teenagers.

Pupils create seperate wiki pages relating to certain

issues:
Bullying
Drugs
Peer-pressure
etc
Pupils include links to resources, helplines,
fora etc.
Pupils use the Wiki discussions
Pupils use the discussions in addition to the pages
themselves. The discussions allow conversations around the
issue.

Submitted by Dughall McCormick

Twitter: @dughall
#9 - Where can I get a wiki?
Three companies offer ad-free wikis to educators.
Each offer different features, which may make them
suitable for specific purposes

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com

http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki

Dave Stacey
@davestacey
#10 - Interactive Sub (Supply) Plans
Create a page with sub plans and post for class

Sub (Supply) Plans Sample Voki

Create voki and read

plans to class
 Post Schedule and
show class
Require at least one
assignment be done
using wiki creating
virtual classroom
teacher can look in on

@mwacker
Michael Wacker
#11 Create a collaborative dictionary.
- Create an English or foreign language dictionary to catalogue new
words encountered each week:
Have a new page per topic area.
As an extension, students add what type of word it is, i.e. noun,
adjective etc, genders (for MFL), and an example of its use. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Submitted by
Catherine Elliott
Twitter: @camoore
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