wikis

=**Wikis**=

Wikis are a type of website that allows visitors themselves to easily add, remove, edit or change available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for [|collaborative authoring]. The term wiki can also refer to the [|collaborative software] that facilitates the operation of such a website - eg. [|wikispaces], or to certain specific wiki sites such as [|Wikipedia].

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[|wikispaces]
 * Links and** **Resources**



[|wikipedia] [|wikipedia definition and further information] [|links to resources that take a look at the use of wikis for e-learning] [|teaching and learning online with wikis] [|using wiki in education]

Robyn Jay Stephan Ridgway Sean Fitzgerald Joanna Kay
 * Sample personal wikis:**

[|NSW LearnScope] Wikis in a TAFE Classroom - Randwick TAFE [|LIteracy Tent Wiki] Wendy Tanner's class wiki [|The Grassroots Literacy Coalition] The Future of Learning in a Networked World Open Space Conference wiki
 * Educational wikis:**

rss url="http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/adultliteracy" title="The latest 5 resources tagged in del.icio.us with "adultliteracy"" format="list" number="5" description="true" length="250" date="true"


 * Wikispaces activity**

1. Have a look at some of the wikis listed above.

How have they been arranged navigation-wise? Do they have ads? What type of ad? (You can pay for a site without ads for $5/month or contact wikispaces to seek a free educational ad-free space – sometimes they’ll oblige) Are you able to edit the pages? (if you are you’ll see an EDIT THIS PAGE link at the top of the page

2. Go to http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index and view the video ‘how to’ guides by clicking on the **[|Tour:]** [|A series of brief movies demonstrating the features of Wikispaces] link.

3. Go to robynjay.wikispaces.com///[ yourfirstname//] (which we’ll set up in the session)

Click on EDIT THIS PAGE Add some dot points about how you think wikis might be used in an educational setting Click the SAVE button

4. Return to http://www.wikispaces.com, JOIN UP and create your own wikispace.


 * Uses in education**
 * joint construction of texts