Wiki

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A Wiki is a tool which allows you to create an ever-changing web page, one that can be built collaboratively, a learning environment which can be adapted in many ways to suit the learner. Vygotsky would be delighted - learning through conversation, social interaction, and the impact of a group's knowledge

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 ===**CHECK OUT **CAMBRIDGE EAST'S WIKISPACE******, WHICH ALL BEGAN AT THE WIKI & BLOGS WORKSHOP LAST YEAR** ===




**Wikispaces are offering teachers and schools "ad-free K-12 education" space.**

 * To take advantage of this go to: **http://www.wikispaces.com/t/x/teachers100K**

Take a [|2 minute wikispaces tour] to see how easy it is.

Check out http://www.wikispaces.com/help+Teachers for some teacher tips.

Wikis can be easily made and can be passworded if you are concerned about security.

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Check Out The Following Examples:

A great way to capture the history of a school or place 

Western Hills ES Library:
This site using a Web 2.0 tool called [|Wix] to create a poster page for their wiki. Another similar and easy tool is [|Glogster], allowing you to easily incorporate multimedia into your front page poster format, embedding the code just as you would any other wiidget.

A Web Quest ABout School Library Websites:
Kids love challenges and treasure hunts. Could you incorporate a scavenger hunt or problem solving task within your wikispace? 

[|Penrith Public School Library]
Uses another wiki tool called [|PBWiki] (Peanut Butter Wiki)

**OTHER WIKI CREATION SITES :** As As well as wikispaces, there are plenty of other sites which offer you this facility too:
 * [|WetPaint]


 * [|PB Wiki]


 * Check out the [|Wiki Matrix] to compare some of them

**FURTHER WIKI LINKS**
 * Will Richardson's wiki site: []


 * Networked Learning Guidelines (Teacher Connect) http://teacherconnect.wikispaces.com/Networked+Learning+Guidelines


 * 7 Things You Should Know About Wikis (Education Network Australia) [|www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf]

