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= Teachers Leading and Learning Program: = = Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts for Education =

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= wikipedia is the world's largest wiki. click here =

=wikis are all about collaborative writing and coordination between people.=



[|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_(software)]
 * Definition of a wiki:** "Wiki software (also known as a wiki engine or wiki application) is software that runs a wiki, or a website that allows users to collaboratively create and edit web pages using a web browser. A wiki system is usually a web application that runs on one or more web servers. ..."

The wordle below includes many of the words and ideas associated with the use of wikis in K12 education. A wiki can be used in any subject or curriculum area to support the work that the teacher and/or the students are focussing on. To add a wiki to your teaching practice is essentially creating a blended or hybrid classroom, that is, both a face-to-face and an online classroom. This is the real beauty of the wiki in that it goes beyond the traditional borders of a classroom and makes what you and your students are doing available 24/7 to the students, the parents, and you.

Plain English has a series of easy to follow and unique videos. Below is the Plain English video explaining how wikis work:
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