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WetPaint : Wiki service

Wetpaint powers websites that tap the power of collaborative thinking.
The heart of the Wetpaint advantage is its ability to allow anyone — especially those without technical skill — to create and contribute to websites written for and by those who share a passion or interest.
To do this, Wetpaint combines the best aspects of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks so anyone can click and type on the web.
www.wetpaint.com
www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/wikihosts

Wikis in Simple English (+ captions)

Why Wikis

Wikis in Plain English

What is a PBwiki?

A group of educators go over what a wiki actually is.
They cover how PBwiki can help students and teachers collaborate online. Get your free wiki at: www.pbwiki.com

Jimmy Wales - Two Views of the "Wiki" Concept

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales contrasts two predominant views surrounding the "wiki" concept: the "Emergent Phenomena" model and the user "Community" point-of-view.

Wikis in the Classroom

Award winning teacher, Vicki Davis, demonstrates how she uses wikis to teach. This 28 minute video was part of the k12 online conference and has been viewed by many teachers.
It outlines the 7 pedagogical uses of wikis and also gives information on what a wiki is and how to use it.

Why Wiki? ... tour of Wikipedia.

A librarian's guided tour of Wikipedia.

Wiki Inventor Ward Cunningham

An Evening With Wiki Inventor Ward Cunningham in Conversation with John Gage.
Join wiki inventor Ward Cunningham and Sun Microsystems' chief researcher and vice president of the Science Office, John Gage, for a thoughtful and spirited discussion about the socialization of creativity and the past, present and future views of models to support this trend.

Wikis: Basics, Tools and Strategies

Preconference presentation for Computers in Libraries Conference.

Wikis That Work

A wiki is free, functional and fabulous. This presentation will reveal how a wiki-centric classroom can easily be developed to provide a constructivist tool for collaboration, communication, publishing, presentation and assessment. Topics covered include the nuts and bolts of setting up a wiki, ideas for classroom use and best practice use of wikis internationally. The Edublog 2006 award winning wiki “Flat Classroom Project” will be featured along with a discussion of how to integrate Web 2.0 tools into the wiki environment.

What a Way to Wiki Presentation

Wiki 1: Getting Started

Easy first steps to starting your wiki-spaces page. For beginning students

Wikis in the Classroom

Presentation from award winning teacher Vicki Davis as presented to an education class at the College of William and Mary in February 2007.

Student Introduction To Wikis

A slideshow created for 6th grade students who are about to begin using a wiki in their classroom.

Wikis in 30 Minutes or Less

What is a wiki and how are they used in an educational setting.

Blogs and Wikis for Beginners (in Education)

Wikis: Enabling Collaboration in Libraries

Talk for Quebec Library Association Annual Conference 2007 in Montreal,

Blogs and Wikis in a Classroom

An overview of the issues using blogs and wikis in education

Jimmy Wales talking about Wikipedia

Jimmy Wales: How a ragtag band created Wikipedia












With a vision for a free online encyclopedia, Wales assembled legions of volunteer contributors, gave them tools for collaborating, and created the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, multilingual encyclopedia of the future.

Create your Wiki at Wikispaces

Free Wikis for educators are available at Wikispaces ... these videos show you how to sign up.

Mr Ten Questions on Jimmy Wales

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-6F8GN8eXI

Austrlaian comedy show, The Chaser's War on Everything give Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales the Mr Ten Questions treatment.

Wikis (Videos/PPoints)

This page showcases videos and PowerPoints to help with the teaching and learning of Wikis ...

There are some areas on the Shambles website that list free resources and links to help with this theme ...
| Web 2.0 | Wiki General Info | Wiki Hosting |
| Wiki Directories | Wikis and Education |

This page is part of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provide videos and other multimedia resources to support a variety of topics.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest