Wikis: Fostering teacher collaboration

Developed by: Aileen Socarras Machado,

M.S. with material from PBworks

Make a free wiki as easily as a

peanut butter sandwich.

A wiki is an easy-to-use

free web page that multiple

people can edit.

Wiki means Quick in Hawaiian

In classrooms, a wiki is a free

tool that empowers every

teacher to collaborate and every student to

participate in group projects. It is a forum for

discussing, brainstorming, and organizing

ideas and projects.

ConversePost ideas

Respond

Forum

WritePublish

Comment

CreatePublish

CommentConversePost IdeasRespond

ShareEdit

CollaborateEngage

Blog Wiki

Three great ways to communicate

James has been asked to set-up a committee to update classroom

materials.What can he do to create a team that can

effectively organize and communicate in order to complete the task.

YOU control who sees your wiki

You invite your colleaguesEach colleague has a unique login and

password

Educator wikis are free and never display advertisement

s

NO ADS

James wants to make certain his

team acts appropriately on

line.

How can he monitor the

team’s activity?

You have a history of every edit

You are notified of every change

No more “dog ate my homework”

Edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.

Wikis are Free and Easy to set up

No IT department is needed!

Simply create

a password and begin

Set it up and it worksjust like typing in Microsoft Word

Just like creating a

Word document

Easily insert

Images and Video

Just click and begin

Post a picture or a video

Teachers can make coursework and

homework information easily available to both students and

parents.

With easy to use plugins you can create

a calendar.

Quickly create new pages Templates designed with teachers

in mind

For more ideas check out the PBworks educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates

and a community of fellow teacher users.

http://educators.pbworks.com

Join the more than 200,000 teachers who

have used PBworks for their classrooms, from elementary schools

to Stanford and Harvard.

Educator wikis are free, fast and ready to use.

Create one now at

www.pbworks.com