We used this presentation to support a conversation about wikis. The students first worked on a KWL chart, and then completed it as we discussed. The students were engaged. Even though many of them had heard of a wiki before they didn't really understand what a wiki was.

1. The world of wikis

2. First step:
Complete your
KWL about wikis
K: What you know
H: What you want to find out
L: What you learned

3. What is a wiki?

4. wiki
wikiwiki
Hawaiin word for quick

5. wiki
wikiwiki
Hawaiin word for quick
It is a website that allows
people to contribute content on
a webpage

6. Open Source media
any kind of information produced by open groups of
developers in which anybody who wants to can use the
information

7. Advantages of wikis

8. Advantages of wikis

13. Other wikis

14. Other wikis

15. Other wikis

16. Other wikis

17. Other wikis

18. Other wikis

19. Other wikis

20. Cyber safety
Ask your parents
before using
wikipedia!

21. Finish your KWL

22. Finish your KWL
How do you rate wikis?
Would you use a wiki for
research?