Tools: Wikis

What are Wikis?

• What are Wikis?

Wikis allow a group of people to collaboratively create (and edit) web pages. This simple video explains what wikis are all about.

Wiki Resources

• Wiki Tips

This site has some helpful tips but you have to hunt around a bit.

• Book in the DTCC library on using wikis in education:

Title: Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms
Author: Richardson, Will

There are several web sites that offer free wikis that are pretty easy to use. I've played around some with the first 2 listed below; have not yet tried out the 3rd:

• http://www.wetpaint.com/ (practice site)
• http://www.wikispaces.com/ (practice site)
• http://pbwiki.com/