Wiki

Session Times: Wednesday and Thursday at 1:00-1:50

Aaron Slutsky

A wiki is a webpage that anyone can edit from anywhere.  The most famous example is www.wikipedia.org.  Typically, a webpage has one author.  A wiki allows you to have as many authors as you want.  I see this as a way for students to essentially write their own text book in a collaborative fashion.  This site is actually a wiki.  Each presentor has the ability to edit this site from anywhere.

I will be going over www.pbwiki.com.   They have a great tour with a video that explains it better than I can.  I will start with signing up for a wiki and cover the basic ways to edit.

I have found even a better video, which should show up below.  If not check it out here.

So what are some things you can do with a PBWiki?

• Embed a calendar

• Create a link to a Google map from just an address.

3519 miller bridge road 28612

• Add a spreadsheet

• Add a Google Gadget

• use LaTeX to write equations
• Plus a whole lot more.  When editing a page, click insert plugin to see what is possible.

How can I use this in my classroom?

The Technology Department hopes to have a wiki option available for you next year.  Are are currently exploring the posibility of using PBWiki. 

• Pathfinder:  Teacher, ITS, and Media Coordinators could collaborate and create a list of websites students should use to explore a specific topic.
• Collaborative Text Books:  let the students write their own textbooks.
• ePortfolios:  You can upload pictures, attach files, and embed video
• Collaboration between teachers:  Create a lesson plan online and other could add to it
• Collaboration between students:  Instead of answering questions for a text book, they could use a pathfind and post answers, pictures and video.