Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Using Wikis in Education...


  1. The first online resource I found regarding using Wikis in Education is the PBworks Educator Community.  Since two of my current Education classes exclusively use PBworks as their Wiki engine, it seemed like a good place to start, and I was rewarded with a wealth of information, from Educators themselves.

    The community has Discussions, Real Examples, Best Practices and even a Campus Edition, which shows you how to introduce PBworks to your own school and other teachers.  I can actually see just using this site as enough for me to go on.

  2. Education Wikis at Wikispaces.com has a page filled with lots of articles talking about the topic.  Some of the articles are a little dated, but the page is useful as a resource.

  3. Finally, in a slight step up from Wikispaces, but not quite as professional-looking as PBworks, is Wikis in Education from Wetpaint.com.  The site has nearly 8000 registered members (presumably all Educators) and their General Discussion Forum seems pretty lively with some good information being exchanged.  I could see myself using that.

    Furthermore, each year, Wetpaint spotlights the Best Educational Wikis, helping to spread ideas and innovation, and which I will continue to take a look at as I run my own classroom

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