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//Summer Institute // Wikis are a great communication and collaboration tool! Learn how to build one for your classroom to meet your learning and/or communication goals for your class, as well as to help build 21st Century Skills. This workshop will be delivered using a “blended learning” approach. Watch the tutorials, explore the wiki examples, and log your hours that you spend doing this. (A brief accounting of your hours will suffice - date, what you worked on, and amount of time) When you are ready, start building your wiki. Then attend this face-to-face work session at Summer Institute on **June 26 from 1-4 pm** where you can obtain 1:1 help with all of your classroom wiki needs.

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What's a Wiki?
//Wiki// literally means “fast web site,” making it a great tool for communication on the Internet. It is simple to use – no knowledge of //html// is necessary. Because it can be created and built by multiple users, it is also a good tool for collaborative work and projects. Academy District 20 IT-ES supports two Wiki Web 2.0 tools for student and staff use:

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In previous editions of Learn IT, you have explored Google Apps and D20 Blogs. You might be wondering what tool is best for you. The answer is, it depends on what you want to be able to do – or what you want your students to be able to do. Click on the link below to see a chart explaining the features of each tool.

To understand a little bit better what a wiki can do, please [|view this brief video] from CommonCraft showing how the tool can allow a group of people to collaboratively plan
 * Blogs, Wikis & Docs Comparison Table**

Examples of Classroom Wikis
To better understand various ways you might use a wiki in your classroom, access examples here.
 * Elementary Examples**
 * **K-8 Math Wiki**
 * **[|2nd Grade Class Wiki]**
 * Another **2nd Grade Class Wiki**
 * **Cyberchickens** – a 5th Grade Class Wiki
 * Middle School Examples**
 * **English Class** Collaborative Poetry Project
 * [|**6th Grade English wiki**-] used for assignments and feedback
 * **Middle School News Wiki**
 * **8th Grade World History Wiki**
 * High School Examples **
 * **[|English Class] **
 * **Westwood High School Technology Classes **
 * **West High School Wiki ** with links to English and Science wikis
 * **US Government ** Class Wiki
 * Multiple Educational Wiki Examples **

Wiki Tutorials
View the tutorials below of one or both of the wiki platforms that are available for use in District 20. As you will see, both can allow you to set up student accounts without email, password protect the space, easily create navigation through the site, and upload and embed elements such as documents, slideshows, and videos. The main difference between the two is the look and feel of the design templates – and variety of design elements that can be used with a free educator account.


 * PBWorks Tutorials**

[|New Account for New Wiki in PB Works] Creating a New PB Works Wiki if Already a Member First Visit to your PB Works Wiki PB Works Basic Text Editing and Inserting Images PB Works Adding Pages, Files, Links and Widgets PB Works Embedding You Tube Videos PB Works Editing Sidebar and Creating Student Pages PB Works Creating Student Accounts


 * Wikispaces - All Tutorials**

[|Setting up Student Accounts in PB Works] [|Additional PB Works Tutorials] FAQ Teacher Wikis in Wikispaces [|Sample Student Contract for Web 2.0 Tools] Wikispaces User Creator Tutorial