wikispaces++for+education

Free for educators (about 110 given away free by sept 14th!, and continue to do so)

contact: help@wikispaces.com Http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com On twitter: http://twitter.com/wikispaces http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com https://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ can have School wide private label (own logo and administrative power ~ StemNow)

Beginners: []

when signing up check to confirm is is K-12 use

create accounts for your students (if they don't have email for instance manage wiki > user creator

you can note the changes done by each member on individual basis (1 word or 5 paragraphs)

29:00 on sept 15 wiki webinar

At webinars the instructors Give you their email on occasion.

you can embed YouTube, Helpful if your school doesn't allow it, and you want to show one.

Show students that we can see their history> kids behave (not destroy someone elses) and or receive extra credit for helping someone else.

can embed a power point, pod cast videos

can enter competitions and win awards!

Copy rite free images and citing sources

S can email each other through a wiki with little symbol at top (teacher can monitor these messages too)

Work in groups, partners where thy cannot work in the same room on the site at the same time or link to other sights where they then have to read others

job groups -ie pod cast rubric creation

staff respond quickly

http://olympic-project.wikispaces.com/http://elementsofcivilization.wikispaces.com/Ancient+Egyptian+Agricultural+SurplusModerator (kayakcari): http://socials-la-wiki.wikispaces.com/ http://mscwilson.wikispaces.com/

little kids can come in to watch children figure out much on their own-->showing you how to do it...Sound familiar Dr. Dooley?

**Wikispaces in Education:**

 * **Date** || **Details** ||
 * Oct 16, 2008 || Clay Burell, a __literature__ and __history__ teacher in **Seoul, Korea** speaks on his wikis including a **flat classroom** writing project and a collaborative history project with other classes at his school. ||
 * Nov 13, 2008 || Jeanne Simpson, a **middle school** __math__ teacher in **Alabama**, shares her work on integrating Wikispaces into her classrooms. ||
 * Feb 04, 2009 || Chris Bell, the __technology__ project manager of Julian **Charter School** in California, illustrates what his school has done with their Private Label wikis. ||
 * Mar 04, 2009 || Amanda Stone, a technology coach for Hoover City Schools in **Alabama** presents on her __district's use__ of Wikispaces Private Label. ||
 * April 13, 2009 || Jason Spivey and James Brightman teach **high school** __social studies__ in **Seoul, Korea** where they have integrated their wikis into the work and activity of their classrooms. ||
 * May 05, 2009 || Jennifer Barnett is a **high school** __English__ and __history__ teacher in **Alabama** using wikis to post assignments, foster collaborative group projects, encourage peer-review and more. ||
 * June 22, 2009 || Anthony Armstrong, a **middle school** __social studies__ teacher from **California**, shows how he has used his wiki to engage students inside and outside the classroom ||
 * July 23, 2009 || Jeff Remington from **Pennsylvania** shares his **middle school** __cultural exchange__ wiki with a peer school in **Haiti** ||
 * Aug 06, 2009 || Nicole Naditz, a **Californian** **high school** __French__ teacher and __foreign language pedagogy__ trainer, shares how she has used wikis with her **colleagues**, for e-pal exchanges, and in school. ||
 * Sept 15, 2009 || Cari Wilson, a **middle school** teacher from **British Columbia**, will present on her award-winning collaborative student projects. ||