Wikis


 * Wikis, Blogs, and Student Writing, Oh My! **

Monday July 18, 2011 Rutgers- presenter- Erica Hartman

Workshop main website: []


 * Wikis **

We have created a wikispace for the SCS faculty to share their technological expertise: https://scstechnologyupdates.wikispaces.com/

You can create multiple wikis under one wiki so that the kids have their own wiki linked to yours. This way they have their own workspace- creating a wiki can be an assignment! They would work amazing for research topics! If you are worried about which student edited their wiki and when- for example in group projects- the history tab allows you to see who edited what and when!

Erica suggests that you practice with one class first and choose the notify me button to be notified when a student makes an addition.


 * Plagiarism **

To avoid plagiarism- they have to create hyperlinks to show where they got the information from!

Easybib- a website where students can get help with creating a bibliography: []

Citation machine- helps students to cite sources individually: []

If you are worried about students plagiarizing images, tell them to go to GoogleImages, Advanced Search, and click on Labelled for re-use- strict filtering.

You can place resources and videos onto your wiki for the kids to look at. Wikispaces is different to pbworks wikis. However, they are just as easy to make.

You can also create open forums on wikis for discussion.

Also, you can put google maps on wiki and even google books when they are free!

Excellent resource, make a video of your search: [|www.qwiki.com] This can also be embedded onto your wiki.

To invite students to your wiki:
 * 1)  Go to User Creator
 * 2)  Enter usernames and passwords for your students- it would make sense to create a formula so that it is easy to remember users and passwords for future reference. Eg. Wiki1, wiki2, wiki3, etc.

Search Engines: [|www.sweetsearch.com] []

Many websites and search engines have widgets!- icons that can be embedded onto your wiki that act as hyperlinks to the websites.

To put links on wikis:
 * 1)  Open up your wiki, navigate to the page that you want to place the widget on.
 * 2)  Go to edit, then click on button- Widget.
 * 3)  Click on other HTML.
 * 4)  Paste the HTML of the website that you want to link to and click Save.


 * Blogs **

These are online journals/ Diaries.

There are two types of blogs: student blogs and class blogs- class blogs allow the students to have an online discussion about a given topic under the teacher’s direct supervision. Student blogs are just as safe, but are used more as a student diary/ journal to be viewed by the teacher at any time.

** Note: the teacher creates all accounts and has access to all blogs- they are completely private**

Some blog sites: [] [] []

This can be both a class blog and a student blog: [|www.kidblog.org] It is extremely easy to set up!!


 * Oh, My! **

Fun online activities/ projects: [|www.myfakewall.com] - create historical personages on a fake facebook page!

Find many resources and tools at: [|www.classtools.net]

Collaborative online writing tool: []

Google docs and Google + also offer the same tools.

Classroom management tools: [|www.moodle.org]

This website makes online digital collages- a little like i- movie but a lot simpler to use: [|www.photopeach.com]

Online post-it board: []

Just like Skype, but free and safer: []

Ken Shelton’s site for creating safe Google custom search engines: []

Make dynamic white board wikis- good for student projects: []

***Two excellent websites for teacher resources**

[] http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
 * 1)  Google tools for educators:
 * 1)  Wiki with a vast array of websites and resources: