Tools: 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.

• What are Wikis?

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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=6PFjF9BQe2AC&dq=Blogs,+wikis,+podcasts,+and+other+powerful+web+tools+for+classrooms&pg=PP1&ots=37wgqfBA-Q&sig=8wLFA7BrfE-LqQlsZkogGM-MPIo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP7,M1Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms

There are several web sites that offer free wikis that are pretty easy to use:

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