Using+Wikis

=Using Wikis and Google Docs for Classroom Collaboration= Presenters: Betsy Knodel and Martin Sieverding Bring your laptop and learn about using wikis and Google Docs. Participants will create a wiki account and learn a few basics of creating wikis. You will also learn how to create a Google Doc and share it with others. These Web 2.0 tools can provide ways to disseminate information to students as well as ways to allow collaboration among groups of students. Ideas for classroom use of these two tools will be discussed.

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Wikis provide a way for students and staff to collaborate on projects. They can be set to be completely public, allowing anyone to view and edit, or completely private, allowing only those users you wish to view and/or edit.

If you need more information on getting started with a Wiki or ideas on how to use them in your classroom check out this website. [] []

There are several Wiki sites available. All three listed here work in a similar fashion. We will use wikispaces for our work in this class.

[|http://www.wikispaces.net] [|http://www.wetpaint.com] [|http://wwwpbwiki.com]

The following document will guide you in setting up your first Wiki. Sample "wiki warranty" document =__Google Docs__=

Would you like to make documents available to your students whether they are at home or at school? Would you like to be able to have several of your student simultaneously edit a document or collaborate on a project? Then Google Docs are for you.

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[|http://docs.google.com]

The following document will help you get started using Google Docs. Additional notes to the above document -- You can share a Google Doc by invitation or share without sending an invitation. In both cases you will need to know the Google account name of each collaborator. Either way, the document will show up in each user's list who has access. If you do not know the Google account name you can share by providing the link to the document to each person you wish to have access. They will need to login with their Google account but you do not need to know their account name. You can set these to view only or view and edit. You can also publish a Google Doc as a webpage. The published version will be able to be viewed by all who have link that you would provide, even if they do not have a Google account. They will not be able to edit in this view. You can set it so any changes made to the document are also seen on the published webpage.
 * Special note - The ability to upload files using your email is no longer available.

Another website you may find helpful is typewith.me This website will allow simultaneous editing by multiple users.All you need to do is give others the address once you create the document. When completed, you will be able to export this as a Word document as well as other options. There is no sharing to be set and everyone who accesses the document has edit rights.