This document provides an overview of wikis and their use for collaboration. It explains that a wiki is a website that allows users to add and edit content. Wikis were created in 1995 to organize information on websites. The document encourages using a wiki to share resources like documents, lesson plans, and communicate with comments. Teachers can create folders to share class materials and use the sidebar for quick access to websites and videos. A wiki allows sharing content from anywhere without clogging emails and makes it easy to present and edit materials.
6. WIKI wiki Part of Speech: n Definition: a collaborative Web site set up to allow user editing and adding of content Etymology: 1995; < Hawaiian wiki wiki quick
7. What is a Wiki? wiki World Wide Web (WWW) site that can be modified or contributed to by users. Wikis can be dated to 1995, when American computer programmer Ward Cunningham created a new collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites. Using a Hawaiian term meaning "quick," he called this new software WikiWikiWeb, attracted by its alliteration and also by its matching abbreviation (WWW)
8. Wiki Why use a Wiki? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY&feature=fvsr
12. Cheryl’s Wiki A Place to: For only those you invite Share Save Yahoo!
13. Navigator Folders Use folders to share worksheets, quizzes, and test with other teachers. Work from any location. Change documents without clogging email. Organize units for easy access.
14. Parts of the Wiki Comments Share quick comments with other teachers. Reminders of changes in units. Reminders of dates and meetings. SideBar Fast access to websites, videos, United Streaming, Teachertube, etc.
16. What this mean is….. No more clogged emails. Having access from anywhere. Sharing and editing without many versions and therefore many emails. Easy presentation to students.