Why+Do+Wikis?


 * Agenda **:
 * What a wiki is and does.
 * How you might use a wiki in the school setting.
 * Sign up for wiki (if you haven't already)
 * some useful resources.

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 * Wikis in Plain English...**

=**Wikis in Brighton Schools...**=
 * TCMS: [|Computer/Room Reservation System]
 * Mike Maloy: Networked Learning, //The Tipping Point//, Google Reader
 * Debby Baker: [|USDOE Videotaping Schedule] [|Curriculum Council] [|Planning for March 18 Superintendent's Day]
 * Steven Schafheimer: [|2020 Plan Progress Report]

=**Wikis in Education...**=
 * Anne Smith, Karl Fisch, Will Richardson: Tapping Into the Collective Intelligence of the Read/Write Web in Education Learning Network
 * Will Richardson

=**Wikis in the Classroom...**=
 * BCSD- Chuck Kane and Danielle Edmunds' [|ELA-Social Studies Wiki] (on PBWorks)
 * BCSD- Chris Montulli's 7th Grade Social Studies American Revolution Project (on WikiSpaces)
 * BCSD- [|TCMS Computer Lab Sign Up](on PBWorks)
 * Fayetteville High School English Teacher
 * Hill Crest High School (Alabama) Political Parties and Elections Projects 2007

=**Wikis as Teacher Portfolios...**=
 * TCMS- Chris Montulli's Porfolio (on WikiSpaces)
 * TCMS- [|Danielle Hippert's Portfolio] (on Google Sites)

=How To Do It:=
 * Basic Wikis
 * Advanced Wikis
 * Wikispaces Help Page [|Wikispaces Help Page Discussion]
 * [|Good Tutorial Page with Videos]
 * [|PB Wiki]
 * [|PB Wiki Tutorial Videos]