social+media+-+wikis

Wikis
toc In which we explore the wiki as a resource for collaboration.

What is a wiki?
From [|Wiktionary]:

//Etymology// Abbreviated from [|WikiWikiWeb] (first wiki software), from [|Hawaiian] //[|wikiwiki]// (quick) + [|English] //[|web]//.
 * 1) A [|collaborative] [|website] which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it.

**Wikis in Plain English**
[|Common Craft]'s explanation of wikis

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Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English
Another explanatory video from [|Common Craft.]

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Educational Wikis
Examples


 * Jewish Educational Content**

CAJE 32 Debbie Harris’s wikis: Congregation Emanu-El (on newjewisheducation wiki) [|Gesher] [|Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy] [| International Collaborative Literature Project] IFaces 2010 [|Israel Faces] [| Jewish Schools Library] PEJE Collaborative wiki [| Parsha Wiki] [| Teacherlibrarianwiki] Temple Beth Emeth [|Wiki for Librarians in Jewish Schools]
 * So You Think You Want a Wiki?
 * ...includes Plugging in Your Religious School and how-to sessions on blogging, wikis, PowerPoint, and being a Web Mensch
 * [|CAJE Tech: Debbie Harris' CAJE 32 Presentations]


 * General**

A Broken World, 9th grade history project See also Clay Burrell's other sites [|CoP Research wiki] EduWikiUs Flat Classroom Project [|Gender Equity and Women's Rights Nancy White’s Gender Equity and Women's Rights at the 2008 World Social Forum] [|Kansas Prevention Wiki] Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life wiki [|Starting a CoP - KM4DevWiki] [|T4C: Technologies for Communities wiki] [|Tampa Bay Library Consortium] [|We Are Media Project: The Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits] [|Wikipedia]

**Wiki as Elearning Platform**
Curriki- online collaborative curriculum resource center [|Facilitating Online Communities]

Free wiki sites
[| pbwiki] [| wikispaces] [| Wetpaint] Others…

Resources
jlearn2.0 bookmarks on wikis [|Wikispaces tour] - introduction to Wikispaces [|Wikipatterns]

//Books and Publications//
//Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms// by Will Richardson, Corwin Press, 2006. //Classroom Blogging: A Teacher’s Guide to Blogs, Wikis, and Other Tools that are Shaping a New Information Landscape//, 2nd Edition, by David F. Warlick, Landmark Project, 2007. //Educause Review//, September/October 2007 issue [|Back To School: It's All About the Facult]y, see especially "[|Wikis and Podcasts and Blogs! Oh, My! What Is a Faculty Member Supposed to Do?]" by Patricia McGee and Veronica Diaz //Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools// by M. Katherine Brown, Brenda Huettner, and Char James-Tanny, Wordware Publishing, 2007. [|Wiki as a Teaching Tool] by Parker and Chao, //Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects// Volume 3, 2007