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= **Using Wikis In The Classroom** = **Chris Turnbull** **Academic Innovation & Technology Integration Specialist** **Center For Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development**
 * Saint Paul Public Schools **
 * chris.turnbull@spps.org **



TILE-SIG Conference Wiki

Cool Tool Tips and Techniques Breakout - Institute 16: Fostering Literacy and Response with Research-Based Instructional Practices and Web 2.0 Technologies

**What are Wikis?**
Common Craft Video - Wikis In Plain English

**Wiki Providers - All these have free education versions**
Wikispaces Wet Paint PBWorks Google Sites (Not really a wiki but similar) Wikidot.com Sign up for an education version so that you get some of the "extra features" for free.

Wikispaces Tutorial Videos

** Useful Resources **
Wiki Wiki Teaching- The art of using wiki pages to teach Examples of Educational Wikis Examples of Elementary Classroom Wikis Not all wikis are current but you can get ideas of how they are used for different grade levels and what is possible.

** Classroom Samples **
My Sister's Keep 7th Grade ELA Vocabulary Wiki Kindergarten Counting 8th Grade ELA

Time To Play In The Sandbox
Log in with one of usernames and passwords provided and play in one of the sandbox pages Create a Wikispaces Account and set up a Wikispace