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Virtual Tour Stop #5 Wikis

Setting up a wiki is a simple process—sign up for a wiki service (such as PBWorks or Wikispaces), follow the 3 or 4 steps to set it up, and you are ready to post information. In fact, text is so easily added to a wiki that teachers are having their students use wikis in many ways, all of which encourage collaborative work. One of the most common ways that wikis are used in instructional settings is to build collaborative “reviews” of resources. Let’s look at a few examples:
 * EXPLORE [10 Minutes]: **

**1.** Go to **Nature Guide Home – Littlewood Nature Guide** at []. This teacher has placed her students in groups, and each group is creating a page for the website.

**2.** Go to http://primaryextension.wikispaces.com/. This teacher is having students complete assignments related to climate change. Pairs of students complete a video and post to the wiki page. The list of new pages is on the left side menu.

Let’s create our OWN collective resource! Click on the "Our Digital Footprint" link here. Log into the wiki using the username and password given to you in class on YOUR VERY IMPORTANT INFO sheet. Type your name and twitter username in one box. [Caution - many people can edit boxes at the same time. Watch to be sure you are not editing a box that belongs to someone else!]
 * DO [10 Minutes]: **

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