Wikis

Use these blogs as a jumping on point but please don't think that this is an exhaustive list. IT'S NOT, nor will it ever be, but it is a place to start looking for some good and some great educational blogs. Explore, have fun and most of all add your own thoughts.

Resources
Interesting/Helpful/Thought provoking articles/posts/video
 * 1) What is a wiki ? From the biggest of all wikis, Wikipedia
 * 2) [|Teachers Wiki Walk-Thru] Interesting self-guided presentation
 * 3) Digital Literacies & Emerging Educational Technologies - A Wiki by Alec Couros from Manitoba
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 * 5) Wikispaces - A wiki platform, simple design, the site you are on is powered by wikispaces
 * 6) PBworks - Another wiki platform, different design and easier to use if you like to cut and paste from Word.
 * 7) Wetpaint - Yet another platform, has more options like threaded discussion, but takes more understanding to develop, and has a more aggressive advertising structure

Here is a beginning list of blog links. I encourage you to add your own comments and more importantly challenge you to add more links. Add links to classroom projects, teacher blogs, or any blogs that challenge conventional wisdom around literacy.

Class/Project Wikis

 * 1) Flat Classroom Project- Start with the best and go from there. This project brings students from across the world together for collaboration.
 * 2) Branford High School English Wiki and companion wiki on Wikispaces
 * 3) Mr. Thomas' Classroom wiki Mr. Thomas' history wiki
 * 4) http://crosbyclass.wikispaces.com/ Mr. Crosby's class wiki. He uses it for links/resources as well as projects with students.
 * 5) http://greetingsfromtheworld.wikispaces.com/- A wiki for sharing student products from Croatia.
 * 6) Educational Origami - Wiki for teachers with some nice resources.
 * 7) Edtech Wiki - Just an example of what a wiki can look like. Created by [|Daniel K. Schneider] from Geneva.
 * 8) 3rd Grade Wiki - This wiki is a great example of putting classroom product on a wiki and using a wiki to help make learning transparent. I, also, like that this wiki has a 4 year existence.
 * 9) HUMS 3001 Wiki - A college course in which 20% of the grade is determined by students participation in the wiki assignments. Check out the courses' Prezi that showcases the course expectations.