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 =Welcome! = Welcome to the Sydney Region wiki. This wiki will be used to demonstrate how a wiki can be set up and used as a collaborative tool in the classroom. In simplest terms, a wiki is a web site that has many contributors and authors. Any member of the wiki can edit and make changes to a wiki. This short video explains the concept of a wiki in easy to understand language. media type="custom" key="1657551"

This PowerPoint presentation is also useful in explaining the uses of wikis in an educational setting. media type="custom" key="1657627"

Using wikis as a collaborative learning tool
A wiki can be used to embed collaborative learning into the classroom. Students can work together and edit pages of a wiki as they develop their work. For example, students could collaborate on creating a story that one student starts and other student's follow on adding their ideas to the story. Imagine the creative story that students could produce!

The PowerPoint below raises some good thoughts on using a wiki in the classroom. media type="custom" key="1657669" Back to top

Articles
These articles contain useful information on wikis. Take the time to read and share them with colleagues.



What you need
There are several sites offering free wiki sites. The most common are: This site has been created using wikispaces.com. This is a very easy to use site which is offering free accounts (private and without advertising) to teachers and students for creating a wiki for educational purposes.
 * 1) www.wikispaces.com
 * 2) www.wetpaint.com
 * 3) www.pbwiki.com

This tutorial can be used to help you create your own wiki.[|UsingWikispaces.doc]

Web 2.0 tools

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