wikis

= = “//Participating in virtual book discussions in a collaborative Internet environment has the potential to improve K- 12 students' reading, writing, communication and critical thinking skills and to expand their perspectives and perceptions with an audience of their peers in the classroom and around the world//.” (McPherson, S., Wang, S., Hsu, H., Tsuei, M., 2007)

FlatTales Project A "Flat Classroom" writing workshop between students of Korea International School (KIS) in Seoul, South Korea, Punahou High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado. Winning stories were published in the [|Flat World Tales Online Book] The Iditarod Collaborative Project - Classes from Seattle, USA, North Battleford, Canada, Beriut, Lebanon and Regina, Canada are learning about one another as they follow the Iditarod Race. Classes teamed up through the 'collaboration feature' in Blogmeister where they each have their students blogging. 2010 Award Winning Wiki from Wikispaces - Greetings from the World - an example of collaboration between teachers and their students of many ages and geographic locations Shared Stories - This project began in a workshop where 3 teachers (2 of whom are fairly new to using technology with students) decided to have their students collaborate around story writing. A beginning step in collaboration and writing beyond the 4 classroom walls. Gr. 6 Wiki (New Brunswick, Canada) Young Writer’s Blog - This wiki provides the collaboration 'meeting place' to encourage the conversation between young writers via blogging.
 * Classroom Wiki Samples**

[|Video: Wikis in Plain English] - from Common Craft [|Wikispaces for Educators] - a free wiki space. There are many other wiki spaces on the web. Tips for Teachers - from Wikispaces. Tells how to set up student accounts. [|Wikispaces Tutorial] - from Wikispaces [|Using Wikis to Promote Collaborative Learning] - from the Tech Dossier Blog
 * Wiki Resources ~ Think About the Possibilities**