Monday, August 21, 2006

Eleven Wikis to Watch

Presenting the cream of the wiki crop.
From: Wild about Wikis, By David Jakes
In Technology and Learning Magazine, August, 2006

Bud Hunt's Wiki: Created by Colorado teacher Bud Hunt and many educator-collaborators.

Educational Blogging Wiki: Supports the educational uses of blogs and contains links to student and teacher blogs.

High School Online Collaborative Writing: Features the collaborative writing of various high school students.

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki: Smart practices for libraries and the issues that impact them.

Westwood Schools Wiki: An online space for Westwood Schools' students that includes a variety of student projects, including an insightful analysis of Web 2.0 tools.

PodcasterCon Wiki: Supports collaborative preconference planning for PodcasterCon 2006 and hosts content about each session that participants can add to.

SwarmSketch: Just for fun: This site allows you to contribute a single line to a drawing and then vote for the inclusion of other lines in the drawing.

Warlick's Wiki: A wiki designed to support the presentations of education guru David Warlick, who speaks at Technology & Learning's Tech Forum events.

Wikibooks: Collection of textbooks that can be edited by anyone.

WikiVille: A wiki where students can build stories about where they live.

http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191801354

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