To Wiki or Not To Wiki

"A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape" from http://www.librarysource/index.php?title=What_is_a_Wiki.

A wiki is a place to collaborate ideas. This replaces the old way of emailing information and having to wait for a response from one or more receivers. The wiki becomes a book of reference that can be changed as new information is discovered or as old information changes. It can be as simple as Edit, Link, Save. Check out this video from YouTube.

I will help you get started with your wiki. There are many places on the web where you can start you wiki. Some sites charge as much as $1,000 per year to as little as $50 per year. On some sites wikis are free. I will be working from a free site. Of course it is only free if you are an educator. This is all available to you at http://www.wikispaces.com/.

You will be able to follow the links for the Teacher Tutorial and the Student Tutorial. Here you will find the power points for each.

Other sources I used for information on wikis are as follows:

1. http://blogs.sitepoint.com/what-is-a-wiki/




2. http://webtrends.about.com/od/wiki/a/what_is_a_wiki.htm




3. http://www.ehow.com/how_5112155_set-up-wiki.html




4. http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki