Make a free wiki as easily as a

Peanut butter sandwich.

WIKI

A wiki is an easy-to-use

free web page that multiple

people can edit.

Wiki means Quick in Hawaiian

WIKI

• What• I• Know• Is

www.wikipedia.org

In the classroom, a wiki is a free

tool that empowers

every student to participate

in group projects.

ConversePost ideas

Respond

Forum

WritePublish

Comment

CreatePublish

CommentConversePost IdeasRespond

ShareEdit

CollaborateEngage

Blog Wiki

Three great ways to communicate with students

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James has assigned a team research project.

What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high

quality work?

“It's so easy to create a site to help guide

students along with projects. I have found that

it's a good way to make handouts available to students - I just point

them at the web address. I post links to my PBwiki

sites on Rockford's site so that parents can access

project guidelines as well.”

Justin Wylie Rockford High School

How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child

predators?

How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web?

Mary wants to be sure her students are is protected from the wider internet.

YOU control who sees your wiki

You set the password.You choose who participates.

Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on

line.

Will her students write offensive

comments?

How can she monitor her students activity?

You have a history of every edit

You are notified of every change

No more “dog ate my homework”

Edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.

Wikis are Free and Easy to set up

No IT department is needed!

Simply create a password and begin

Teachers can make coursework and

homework information easily available to both students and

parents.

With easy to use plugins you can create

a calendar.

For more ideas check out the PBwiki educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates

and a community of fellow teacher users.

http://educators.pbwiki.com

Join the more than 135,000 teachers who

have used PBwikis for their classrooms, from elementary schools

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Thank you!