How to Use Wikis in a Classroom Setting

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Create a project for your students which lends itself to a wiki-type interactive internet platform.

   Find a situation where real work can be done to further the aims of the community.
   
   Find ways for a class to contribute to their school and peers.
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   Step 2: Find a site online that will host a wiki for you.

   Check Wikia, WetPaint and WikiSpaces.
   
   Search on your favorite search engine to find more. , Unless you are teaching a class on how to do it, you will want to have the groundwork already done. , Be sure when you explain it to your class that you have a goal.
   
   Just having students aimlessly creating something will not further anything. ,,,,, A genuine project that helps others outside the class is much more meaningful than a make-believe situation. , Invite a reporter or other agency representative to visit the class and watch the students at work.
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   Step 3: Set up the wiki for your class.

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   Step 4: Start your chosen project.

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   Step 5: Set up a work plan

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   Step 6: timeline

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   Step 7: and milestones to keep students on track.

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   Step 8: Find ways to have students give feedback in the form of reports

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   Step 9: journals

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    Step 10: oral presentations

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    Step 11: wall posters

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    Step 12: Make sure to incorporate this work into your grading scheme so their efforts count.

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    Step 13: Coordinate with the school

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    Step 14: community

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    Step 15: agency

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    Step 16: organization

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    Step 17: etc.that will benefit from the project to ensure that valid work is being performed.

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    Step 18: Show students how their efforts lead to real-world

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    Step 19: valid and authentic results.

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    Step 20: Try to get publicity for the project through the school

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    Step 21: community or other newsletter or newspaper.

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