This presentation will discuss the effective uses of wikis in educational settings. Beginning with fundamental editing and basic principles of using wikis, Wikispaces Founder Adam Frey will talk about basic wiki editing principles. Participants will be invited to participate on the wiki for this session and to create wikis of their own.

Vicki Davis, award winning classroom teacher who uses a wiki-centric classroom, will share examples for all grade levels of wikis and notes about implementation of the various structures of wikis. New wiki tools, monitoring, and classroom management strategies will be outlined and shared from current best practice.

Outline (for Open Source Lab)

Intro: Welcome & Backchannel - Adam

I. Wiki Basics (Adam Frey) - 10-15 minutes
A. What is a wiki?
B. How do wikis work? (Four tabs)
C. Wiki examples
D. Basic Wiki Editing

II. Pedagogical Uses of Wikis in the Classroom with Examples- Vicki Davis -15 minutes
A. Elementary Wiki Samples

B. Middle School Wiki Samples

C. High School Wiki Samples

D. Assignments & Templates

E. Tags

F. Wiki Collaboration & What to do about Wiki Wars

G. Handling private issues - USING Wikimail!!

III. Topics for Further Discussion / Backchannel Questions
A. Widgets (Video, Podcasts)
B. RSS
C. Templates
D. Rubric Samples
E. Using discussions for feedback
F. Grading through RSS
G. School wide wiki systems

Supporting Research

Vicki Davis' classroom wiki (http://westwood.wikispaces.com) is outlined as a best practice in Stewart Mader's book Wikis in Education and has been featured in magazines such as Leading and Learning, EdTech, Technology and Learning, and Cable in the Classroom. Additionally, her co-founded Flat Classroom Wiki Project (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com) won ISTE's SIGTel Online Learning Award 2007, Taking IT Global Online Learning Award 2006, and the Edublog Award for best Wiki in education 2006 and featured extensively in ISTE's Book Reinventing Project Based Learning by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss. Her other projects, Digiteen (http://www.digiteen.net) and the Horizon Project (http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com) have also won multiple awards in the educational field.

Adam Frey is co-founder of Wikispaces, the tool used by Vicki in her award winning projects.

Presenter Background

Vicki Davis - Teacher and IT Director - Westwood Schools, Camilla Georgia; co-winner SIGTEL's Online Learning Award 2007; Taking IT Global Best Online Learning Project 2006; Edublog Award for best Wiki 2006; Wikispaces Wiki of the Month December 2005; Edublog Finalist for Best Teacher Blog 2006; Finalist Edutopia's Totally Wired teacher Award 2007; Contributor to Wikis in Education by Stewart Mader, Brown University; Authored articles for Cable in the Classroom magazine, Leading and Learning, Technology and Learning; Bi-weekly blogger at Techlearning.com; Author of the popular Teacher Blog Cool Cat Teacher; presenter at NECC 2007, 2008; presenter at the Future of Education Conference, K12 Online 2006, 2007, 2008; Maine Technology Conference 2007; Illinois technology Conference 2008; Tech Forum - Chicago 2007; Georgia Educators Technology Conference 2006, 2007; Keynote Presenter at the Center for Quality Teaching and Learning at Columbus State University Columbus, Georgia; Keynote 2009 - North Carolina Technology in the Classroom Organization; Google Certified Teacher; Computer Using Educators 2009 and other conferences.or

Adam Frey - cofounder - Wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com) - Adam Frey is co-founder of Wikispaces, the provider of the world's
easiest to use wikis. Adam has spent the past three years deeply involved
with the K-12 community and is a regular presenter and participant at
events on Web 2.0 in education. Adam has spent his career delivering
collaboration and community building solutions. -- Wikispaces provides free ad-free wikis for K-12 educators worldwide.

Sarah Cove is Marketing Manager at Wikispaces. She helps inform individuals about Wikispaces, runs monthly webinars for educators, and listens to the Wikispaces community to continue building a simpler, more useful service for everyone. Prior to Wikispaces, Sarah worked in business consulting and political organizing. Sarah holds an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University