The+Wiki+-+What++is+it+good+for?

= A Wiki - web pages in minutes, minimal skills needed.= collaborative, online, by invitation, public or private, accessible from any computer, anytime, easier than a web page ||< **it isn't**: simultaneous, as user friendly as PPT or other Microsoft apps || =21st Century Learner Standards with lesson plans= from: = Wikis we know =
 * < [[image:wiki6-3.jpg align="center" caption="Fast"]] ||< [[image:wiki.JPG align="center" caption="Wiki Wordle"]] ||
 * < **is**:
 * [|TUSD Intranet Integrated Curriculum]
 * Your school web site
 * Wikispaces - [|250,000] more wikis in the classroom Basic Directions
 * [|Pbworks] - Basic Directions
 * [|Wetpaint]


 * Comparisons**
 * 1) [|Wikimatrix]
 * 2) [|The Big Three] the wikimatrix comparison of Pbwiki, Wikispaces and Wetpaint
 * 3) "Which Wiki Is Right For You?" [|SLJ article]

**Or maybe you should try a blog!**
= Best Practice in Wikis - visit the links below=

= Make a Wiki - for teachers or students= Brainstorming ideas

**Elementary-**
Language Arts Monster Maker Wiki Our Hockey Story Terry the Tennis Ball - A Choose Your Own Adventure Math 1000 Names- 1st Science- Impact of Climate Change Social Studies Lets Go West - 3rd grade

**Middle School**
Health Code Blue - 6th grade Social Studies Utopia - 8th grade Language Arts Lois Lowry Author Study - 7th grade One Summer One Book

**High School**
English British Romanticism MacBeth's Motifs Library Practice [|I-Search at Sabino] Science [|Howenstein Astronomy Club] Sports Medicine Kinesiology

Reading Resource Wiki- uses Glogster for it's main page. Wikispaces examples of educational wikis
 * Teachers and Teacher-Librarians**

[|Seven Things You Should Know About Wikis] TeacherFirst - [|Wiki Step by Step] [|Turbo-Charged Wikis] [|What Is a Wiki?] - an extensive educational overview of wikis with lots of links by teachinghacks. [|Wiki Etiquette for Students] WebTools4u2use - Wikis - extensive information and links for librarians
 * Resources**