Wikipedia

Wikipedia = = Wikis, Blogs and Google

What is Wikipedia? Who creates the content for Wikipedia? How current and true is the content? Why does the link to Wikipedia show up at the top of all of the Google searches? Learn about this online encyclopedia and how to use the information on a classroom.

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 Classroom Examples of Using Wikis

=2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools= http://schools-wikipedia.org/ This 2008/9 Wikipedia Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world. It has about 5500 articles and is about the size of a **twenty volume encyclopaedia** (34,000 images and 20 million words).

=efolios (Student Portfolio)-= http://westwood.wikispaces.com/2009+Ninth+Grade+Student+Efolios

=Digiteens Project -= 2008 Digiteen Project including Shelby K and Will B. with their partners in Austria and Qatar [|Digital Law Wiki] - http://digiteen.wikispaces.com/Digital+Law

=Flat Classroom Project 2010-2 -= @http://flatclassroom10-2.flatclassroomproject.org/

 Free Wiki Software

Wikispaces for Educators - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Google Sites - http://sites.google.com/ Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/ PB Works for Educators - http://pbworks.com/

 Discussion of Using Wikipedia

@http://www.solutionwatch.com/519/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-3/ This article, //"Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3"//, covers: educational blogging, photo sharing, educational podcasting, wikis, video sharing, Web 2.0 courses, School 2.0, and more. Be sure to scroll down to the Wikipedia & Wikis section.

@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Schools_FAQ This is an article explaining a project that schools can participate in Wikipedia.

What about Pluto: Planet or dwarf? How long will it take for school systems to replace old books with new ones containing accurate information?

Is Pluto no longer a planet? Viki Davis from Westwood High School says, “How long will it take for the Pluto decision to filter to the average classroom?” She then continues, “With information changing at an accelerated pace, I think the case for wiki-supplementation and wiki-publication can be made. This could ensure that more accurate information is included but could also make student’s heads spin as a chapter changes while they are studying it.”

Wikipedia article on Pluto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

MSNBC Article: Scientists decide Pluto’s no longer a planet: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/from/ET/

Blogs

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Classroom Examples of Using Blogs

Junior High English
 * http://readingandwritingandgrammarohmy.blogspot.com/

5th Grade
 * http://mrslewinsclass.blogspot.com/

Middle School English High Plains and Fullerton
 * Out of the Dust – []
 * Tuck Everlasting – []

Free Blogging Software

WordPress - @http://wordpress.org/

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Blogger - @http://www.blogger.com

Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/

 References

Wikis, Blogs and Google Presentation

===[|Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything]=== An updated edition of the best-selling guide to the art and science of mass collaboration features an additional chapter that shares practical guidelines on how to apply Wikinomics to one's own organization. 30,000 first printing. ||
 * [[image:http://bks1.books.google.com/books?id=DVomiOeBg_YC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl width="52" height="80" link="http://books.google.com/books?id=DVomiOeBg_YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=wikinomics&hl=en&ei=Xq_yS9TANYK2M4P0qYEO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6wEwAA"]] || Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams - 2008 - 351 pages

===[|Grown up digital: how the net generation is changing your world]=== "--William D. Green, Chairman & CEO, Accenture "The first guide to the land of the Net Generation that should be read both by visitors and residents alike. ||
 * [[image:http://bks7.books.google.com/books?id=DWlIY1PxkyYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl width="54" height="80" link="http://books.google.com/books?id=DWlIY1PxkyYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=wikinomics&hl=en&ei=Xq_yS9TANYK2M4P0qYEO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6wEwAQ"]] || Don Tapscott - 2008 - 368 pages

===[|How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It]=== Or say you want to become a part of //Wikipedia// and make your own contributions. Where do you begin? In "//How Wikipedia Works//," you'll learn the skills required to use and contribute to the world's largest reference //work//-like what **...** ||  ||
 * [[image:http://bks4.books.google.com/books?id=Qom6PQAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5 width="60" height="78" link="http://books.google.com/books?id=Qom6PQAACAAJ&dq=how+wikipedia+works&hl=en&ei=1a_yS7fxNKbqNZyela0O&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6wEwAA"]] || Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates - 2008 - 507 pages

===[|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms]=== For educators of all disciplines, this third edition of a bestseller provides K-12 examples of how Web tools such as blogs, wikis, Facebook, and Twitter allow students to learn more, create more, and communicate better. ||
 * [[image:http://bks6.books.google.com/books?id=CArG5bfUy-sC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl width="56" height="80" link="http://books.google.com/books?id=CArG5bfUy-sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=blogs,+wikis,+podcasts&hl=en&ei=6q_yS7GbNJmeMtThmYgO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6wEwAA"]] || Will Richardson - 2010 - 184 pages