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How do we use wikis in the classroom, in professional learning, for productivity, and in education administration?
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The single weakness that most wikis have had in the past was the requirement for using a simple, but often unfamiliar, mark-up language. Learning how to use yet another kind of system to post material on the web has been a ... 
Huang Yahong's curator insight,
May 3, 12:04 AM
this is great idea. we are looking forward to sharing the friuts of this great invention. as far as i concerned, some places have been used wikis in the acadamic fields. Delete the scoop?
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This is the fifth in a series on classroom management through wikis. Here are links for wikis I've created for grades K-5. Kindergarten wiki First grade wiki Second grade wiki Third Grade Wiki Fift... Delete the scoop?
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"Organizations are using intranet wikis to document and share knowledge, promote collaboration, and even enhance learning. Below are 25 specific ways you can use wikis in your intranet..." Delete the scoop?
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It’s been a while since I’ve used wikis in a class (last May I believe), so I thought I needed to remind myself why I liked using them and how I made it work by writing a blog post. If ... Delete the scoop?
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If you're not already using wikis in class, learn about how these online collaborative writing tools add another dimension to learning. Delete the scoop?
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"...One of my take-aways from the day's conversation is that most of the technologies that we want to use to make textbooks interactive and meaningful for students already exist, we just need to organize and utilize them in a way that makes sense for teachers and students. I've combined that take-away with a recent request from a reader to delineate some ways that teachers can use Wikispaces to create this list of ideas for using wikis in classrooms..." 
Stephanie Mills's comment,
April 21, 5:56 AM
Wikis are ideal as learning tools, enabling a collaborative and scaffolding environment
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In the study, conducted by Justin Reich for the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Distributed Collaborative Learning Communities Project, a sample of K12 wikis created by teachers for use in their classrooms were examined and rated on a scale of “wiki quality.” As someone who has worked with wikis quite a bit in my own work, and even written a book on the use of wikis for educators, I have a very big interest in studies of this nature... Delete the scoop?
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"If you're looking for a clean, simple platform for your students to use to create outlines together, share notes, or build reference pages, Hackpad is definitely worth giving a good look..." Delete the scoop?
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A Texas school district is trying to close its digital divide by distributing thousands of Apple tablet computers in a move that could make it the largest iPads program for students in the U.S. Delete the scoop?
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Stephanie Sandifer's insight:
I have been too busy lately to share this great new development at Wikispaces, so I want to take a few minutes this morning to do just that...
Wikispaces has announced a wonderful new feature for educators called Wikispaces Classroom. Wikispaces was already a powerful and easy-to-use tool for collaboration, but now it includes features that teachers will find even more useful for using the Wikispaces platform for a wide variety of learning experiences.
This blog post on the Wikispaces blog provides some essential "getting started" information and I encourage you to explore how to use Wikispaces Classroom with your students today!
For more information about Wikispaces Classroom, check out these recent blog posts directly from the Wikispaces team:
Announcing Wikispaces Classroom - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/announcing-wikispaces-classroom.html
Keeping it Simple With Wikispaces Classroom - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/keeping-it-simple-with-wikispaces-classroom.html
Wikispaces Classroom: Formative Assessment - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/wikispaces-classroom-formative-assessment.html
Wikispaces Classroom: News Feed - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/wikispaces-classroom-news-feed.html 
Stephanie Sandifer's curator insight,
April 26, 10:05 AM
I have been too busy lately to share this great new development at Wikispaces, so I want to take a few minutes this morning to do just that...
Wikispaces has announced a wonderful new feature for educators called Wikispaces Classroom. Wikispaces was already a powerful and easy-to-use tool for collaboration, but now it includes features that teachers will find even more useful for using the Wikispaces platform for a wide variety of learning experiences.
This blog post on the Wikispaces blog provides some essential "getting started" information and I encourage you to explore how to use Wikispaces Classroom with your students today!
For more information about Wikispaces Classroom, check out these recent blog posts directly from the Wikispaces team:
Announcing Wikispaces Classroom - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/announcing-wikispaces-classroom.html
Keeping it Simple With Wikispaces Classroom - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/keeping-it-simple-with-wikispaces-classroom.html
Wikispaces Classroom: Formative Assessment - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/wikispaces-classroom-formative-assessment.html
Wikispaces Classroom: News Feed - http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/04/wikispaces-classroom-news-feed.html
Tom Perran's curator insight,
April 29, 6:29 AM
New tool from wikispaces to help you build your class Delete the scoop?
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Wikis, Wikipedia, Wikibooks, and Collaborative Writing 3/10/2013. March 10, 2013. This week I used ScreenR to present how to use Wiki's in the classroom. I have never used ... It was very easy to learn and fun to work with. Delete the scoop?
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"...Whatever your plans are, have you considered how you might be able to share what you are learning with your colleagues? If you are an administrator, have you considered how to organize all of the learning in which your staff will participate so that everyone in the organization can benefit from the new skills and knowledge?..." Delete the scoop?
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Very comprehensive how-to for educators who want to "flatten" their classrooms and provide students with the opportunity to engage in global collaborative learning. -- SDS
"Amazon.com: Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time (9780132610353): Julie Lindsay, Vicki A. Davis" Delete the scoop?
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Marco Fioretti describes a portable wiki and shows you how to get started with one that he recommends — Wiki on a Stick (WoaS). Delete the scoop?
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An IS professor at Boston College has replaced textbooks with wiki technology, which lets students better communicate with him and among themselves. Delete the scoop?
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"Last summer, we introduced Projects to make it easier to organize group projects on your wikis. This month, we’ve made Projects even more powerful by adding a scheduling component we’re calling Events. Events are an easy way to automate calendar-related actions: for example, you could set a due date that locks a Project, or send out automated announcements." Delete the scoop?
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Wild About Wikispaces in Education - Learn about wonderful wikispaces featers and view a glog of sample wikis used in our elementary school district. Delete the scoop?
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