A wiki is a great way to setup a web presence / website for yourself professionally.  It is a great spot for storing your thoughts, collaborating with others, and sharing resources.  Come learn the ways educators are using wikis!

Get Started - Two places to create a free wiki and play around. 

• WikiSpaces
• Wikispaces Sandbox (a place to play) - http://sandbox.wikispaces.com/
• WikiSpaces Free Educator Wikis - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
• Basic Wikispaces Instructions - http://www1.appstate.edu/~goodmanj/procedures/wikispaces/wikispaces.htm
• WikiSpaces Help - http://www.wikispaces.com/help 
• PBWorks 
• PBWorks Sandbox (a place to play) - http://ktsandbox.pbworks.com
• PBWorks Free Wiki (last on right) - https://plans.pbworks.com/academic
• PBWorks Educational Wikis Examples - http://www.publicpbwikis.com/educational
• PBWorks Help - http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter

Education Examples

• Turn Homeward, Hannalee Wiki (Woodward Academy) - http://wiki.woodward.edu/hannalee/doku.php?id=hannalee
• Westwood Wiki - http://westwood.wikispaces.com/
• Dedworth Middle School Maths Wiki - http://dedworthmaths.pbworks.com/
• Wikigogy (ESL Wiki) - http://wikigogy.org/Main_page
• Studying Societies at JHK - http://studyingsocietiesatjhk.pbworks.com/
• Teacher Personal Pages - http://www.publicpbwikis.com/teacher_wikis/Educational/teacher_wikis/  
• Mrs. Flynn's Class - http://mrsflynnsclass.pbworks.com/

How to Use Wikis in the Education

• How I use wikis. What do you do? blog post - http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-i-use-wikis-what-do-you-do.html
• Using Wikis in Education - http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education
• Wiki Wiki - http://classroomtech.pbworks.com/WikiWiki
• Wiki this Way - http://webwizards.wikispaces.com/Wiki+this+Way

Other Wiki Examples

• WikiTravel - http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
• WikiHow - http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page 

Using Wikispaces

1. Go to your wiki.

2. Login (top right).

3. You can create New Pages by clicking New Page on the left.

4. Give your page a name

5. Click Create

6. Start typing.  

7. To insert a link just copy and paste.

8. To insert a picture or document use the File button.  

9. To insert Video or other embedded items use the Widget button. 

10. When you are done editing click the Save button.

11. To edit the page in the future click the EDIT tab on the right side.

Wikispaces has a lot of help items.  

Editing a page is here: http://help.wikispaces.com/Editing+a+Page

There are also video tours here: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour

WIKISPACES FAQS

1.  Direct link to audio or video file: http://citizenshipprojects.wikispaces.com/file/view/Audio+dedication+interview.mp3/173679481/Audio%20dedication%20interview.mp3