What is a wiki ?  A word meaning fast in Hawaiian , an acronym for What I Know Is ......The world's most popular wiki is definitely the WIKIpedia

For a short intro ,watch this  3-minute video  from YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00

 

 

 

 

A fascinating detailed video tutorial on using wikis

 

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wikis/index.html

 

A PBwiki PowerPoint presentation on why use a wiki

http://educators.pbwiki.com/f/education+presentation-1.ppt 

 

"Wikis--What Are They, and Why Use Them in Education?" a podcast

 

 

http://audio.edtechlive.com/wikis.mp3

 

 

 

And blog notes to accompany the podcast above

 

http://www.stevehargadon.com/2006/08/exploring-wikis-in-education-with.html

How can I create my own wiki ? Go to http://pbwiki.com/

 

Examples of wikis  in education : 

 

http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/    ICT tips for teachers 

 

Romantic Audience  Project 

 

http://www.rc.umd.edu/pedagogies/commons/innovations/rap/toc.htm

 

a wiki on Romantic poetry created by students , a record of a process approach to understanding and  interpreting poetry

 

Business English Online - an advanced example of a wiki

http://beo-businessenglishonline.wikispaces.com/

 

 

and my humble attempts at a wiki

 

www.psydoc.pbwiki.com

www.britamlit.pbwiki.com

www.opecgdynia.pbwiki.com

www.biodoc.pbwiki.com

 

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Agnieszka from Sopot 

 

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