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=Using Technology to Enhance Learning=

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What is a Wiki?
Let's learn about what a wiki is and how to use it by visiting [|Wikis in Plain English.]

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Getting Started

Wikispaces Training Camp

Create free wikis for K-12 at Wikispaces

Teacher Help for Wikispaces

How to Create Student Accounts Manually

**A Wiki is :**

 * Asynchronous communication
 * Group collaboration tool
 * Discussion medium
 * Repository

The main difference between blogs and wikis is how each tool organizes web content and the number of authors and contributors. A blog's content (postings) is organized chronologically with the most recent posting appearing at the top of the page. Although both blogs and wikis have the ability to have more than one author, a blog usually has one author with visitors able to post comments to the authors' postings or a link back to another blogger's posting. Wikis are organized into topics of content and have simple navigational features as a means to link between each page of content. Wikis by their design are best suited for multiple authors that need to share knowledge and collaborate in one central location.
 * So what are the main differences between blogs and wikis?**

**Wiki Uses in Education **


 * Rich content specific web site for your classroom
 * A collaborative tool for tracking a classroom project
 * A collaborative tool for a project between two classes anywhere in the world
 * A repository of student work
 * A tool for personal or staff development

Wikis in Education
[|A Wiki Walk-Through], from TeachersFirst. A great tutorial about what a wiki is, why to use wikis in education, and how to use wikis in education

Wikibooks

The Kite Runner

High School Business Studies

Library Wiki

High School Math

Speech Wiki

Project Pages and Teams

DVD Video Soft Free software you can use to download YouTube videos to your computer to transfer to a USB drive for the classroom.

How to install a downloaded program:
 * 1) Click on Download at the DVD website.
 * 2) It will download to your Downloads folder.
 * 3) Locate the Downloads folder on your computer.
 * 4) If you can't find it, go to the Start button and click on Search then type in "Downloads."
 * 5) When the folder appears in the search window, find the Free Studio setup icon and click on it to install the program.
 * 6) Continue to answer the prompts to finish the installation.

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Your Assignment:
1.Click on the **Discussion tab** on this wiki and comment on one of the educational uses of wikis in **Number 4 above**.

2.Create your **own** Wiki.

3.Click on **number 4** again above and do some research on another example of educational uses of wikis. Post a short (4-5 sentence) review of one of the websites. Create **a link on your wiki page** to the website you reviewed.

4. Go to another participant's website ( ask your neighbor for his/her wikispace address)and read his or her review of a wiki educational link. **Post a comment** about the website he or she reviewed after you read the review and visit the web link.

5. Upload **any file** to your page and a **small-sized** image. Go to[|Flickr] to find a small-sized image.Make sure it is a copyright free image, Remember to search in Creative Commons at Flickr.

6. Show me your Wiki comment on the UsingTech wiki as well as your full Wiki assignment.