The+Wiki+Way

**"The Wiki Way:** **Creating and Facilitating an Online Learning Environment using Wikis"**

Wikis are a free and easy to use tool that can powerfully facilitate collaboration and communication. Wikis effectively provide teachers with a 'web page' that can store files, course notes, movies etc to support classroom learning. Wikis can increase the engagement of students, encourage collaboration, enable students to build connections and stimulate and facilitate discussion. A wiki is also the perfect spaces for displaying assessment information, tasks and projects.

Other wikis to explore include: Go Green Wiki [|Educational Wikis] Instructional Strategies Wiki

A WIKI FOR WIKIS: http://wsdworkshopwiki.wikispaces.com/Home = Create Your Own Wiki = //**Download Step-by-Step Instructions -**// [|Wikispaces.pdf]
 * 1) Go to WikiSpaces for Educators and create your account. Be sure to indicate that it will be for K-12 school use.
 * 2) Create and name your wiki.
 * 3) Add additional pages to your wiki - one for each of the nine strategies and one for your Implementation Plan.
 * 4) Add to your wiki as you study each of the instructional strategies and learn new technology tools to support them.

//**We hope that using this wiki in our workshop has enabled you to create your own wiki and understand possible uses of wikis in education.**// //**Toby, Kellie, Glen and Susan R.**//