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WIKIS
January 2010
Objectives
Define and explore uses for Wikis
Review where a wiki could fit into our lives (socially and educationally)
ThemesGlobal Awareness
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
Civic Literacy Health Literacy
SkillsProblem Solving
Collaboration
Analytical thinking
Communication
Finding and Evaluating Information
Creating and Innovating
ToolsNewspapers, books, spreadsheets, graphing calculators, computers, internet resources, websites, databases, digital libraries, television, observational and measurement tools, videos, DVD’s, CD’s, telecommunication, word processing, presentation tools, smart boards, GPS, probes, manipulatives, geometry tools, digital cameras, laptops, multimedia, scanners, video equipment, digital recorders,mp3 technology, cell phones……
21st Century Skills
Do teachers have to be tech savvy?Learning and Innovation SkillsInformation, Media and Technology Skills
Life and Career Skills
What is a wiki?
What is a Wiki?
Essentially a dynamic, collectively authored set of web pages.
Invented in 1995 by Ward Cunningham to facilitate online collaboration about programming and design best practices.
Evolved by the early 2000’s into a way to facilitate all kinds of online collaboration.
Wiki – Wikipedia Definition
A wiki (according to Ward Cunningham) is a type of website that allows users to add and edit content and is especially suited for constructive collaborative authoring.
In essence, a wiki is a simplification of the process of creating HTML pages combined with a system that records each individual change that occurs over time, so that at any time, a page can be reverted to any of its previous states.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
http://burkso2.wikispaces.com/PAC442B
How the Wiki Got Its Name
Wiki is the Hawaiian word meaning “quick”, “fast”, or “to hasten”.
Wiki-Wiki is the name of the bus line in the Honolulu International Airport.
Ward Cunninghamca. 2004
How the Wiki Got Its Name
How the Wiki Got Its Name
“Wiki-wiki to the beach.” - Elvis Presley (as Chad Gates) in the movie Blue Hawaii (1961). The line was said with a snap of the fingers.
More about Wikis
Wiki (according to UIC Prof. Steve Jones) Web-based Interactive Kollaborative (collaborative) Iterative
Wiki is sometimes interpreted as the backronym for “What I Know Is”, which describes the knowledge contribution, storage and exchange function.
What Can You Do With a Wiki?
Easily create and edit web pages, including styled text, hyperlinks, pictures, audio, video, etc.
Easy for a group to collaborate on creating online documents
Obstacles to Adoption
Wikis are usually open to anyone, and “if anyone can edit my text, anyone can ruin my text” (not so, since changes are logged, authors are notified, pages are easily restored – no challenge to hackers).
Authority is unclear – who “owns” a collaborative document?
Wiki openness is at odds with typical work habits
Wikipedia
Wikipedia – “A multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers …(with) editions in over 180 languages. According to Hitwise, an online measurement company, Wikipedia is the most popular reference site on the Internet.”
http://www.wikipedia.org/
Collaborative Authoring
Esquire article about Wikipedia Written collaboratively using Wikipedia
The article was edited 224 times in the
first 24 hours after it was first posted, and another 149 times in the next 24 hours.
The final draft, which was locked on Sept. 23 to protect it from further edits, reflects the efforts of the many users who worked on it.
Jon Udell Screencast
Heavy Metal Umlaut in Wikipedia (ö, ü)
“The 8.5-minute screencast turns the change history of this Wiki page into a movie, scrolls forward and backward along the timeline of the document, and follows the development of several motifs.”
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/01/22.htmlhttp://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html
Wikipedia vs. Britannica
AP article on CNN website
Why a Wiki? Collaborative Authoring Tool (21st
Century Skills) Web Based, can be accessed from
anywhere with an Internet Connection (Web 2.0)
May be student directed or teacher directed
Peer editing and writing ePortfolios
Wiki Applications Collaborative Storytelling
http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ Kids Teaching Supplemental Information
http://misterhale.wikispaces.com/INTE http://cwasse.wikispaces.com/4TH+%26
Why a Wiki?
Collaborative Writing: Wiki Peer Revew Teams or Groups Changes are tracked
NETs and SD Technology Standards
Safety and Privacy using a wikiCreate and adhere to school technology policy
Review the ENTIRE policy with students and parents
Teach ethical and legal behavior for social software use (Digital Citizenship)
Assignment:
You are going to create a page on the class wikispace. Please include: Your First and Last Name Hometown Interests Major & Minor Picture of yourself
Link your name on the Class page to your page after you have created your page. (see home page of wiki for more directions)
Assignment Cont.
Sign up for a Google account (if you don’t have one already) HERE!
Submit your account information via form on the wikispace at http://usdtet200.wikispaces.com/Google+Account+Information
Resources:
The What, Why, and How of Wikis
Prof. Burks Oakley II, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Director, University of Illinois Online
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois
January 2006
You Tube