Welcome to TCNJ's Secondary Methods PBwiki!

What is a Wiki?

Definitions of Wiki on the Web:

1) A website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively. www.parliament.vic.gov.au/sarc/E-Democracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm

2) A collection of websites of hypertext, each of them can be visited and edited by anyone. “Wiki wiki” means "rapidly" in the Hawaiian language.

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3) An online collaboration model and tool that allows any user to edit some content of webpages through a simple browser. mobileman.projects.supsi.ch/glossary.html

4) A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. Wiki also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIKI

Let's find out some more information:

• What can you do with a wiki? use pre-made templates

• How do you create a new page? 2 easy ways

• Learn how to use bold, italics, tables, and more: The wiki style page

• Share this wiki with others. It's easy

Uses of Wikis in Education

Wikipedia was one of the first samples of using a Wiki to share information and to use multiple sources to combine information on a given topic. The history, trustworthiness, characteristics, and other information related to the development of Wikis and Wikipedia can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History

Tutorials and Guides

Here are some Tutorials and Guides that you may find useful in contemplating the use of Wikis in the classroom.****Welcome to the World of Wiki**s** - Help pages put together to use with primary schools in the UK - Sally. Thanks to wikispaces for the help they have given me! Good Luck!****Using Wiki in Educatio**n** - A blog and book by Stewart Mader.**Articles and Resources in Spanish** by Francisco Muñoz de la Peña3:52) produced by Lee Lefever for The Common Craft Show.

EduWikiTorial - A tutorial about educational wikis written by Susan Cline, Instructional Technology, MA.

A Wiki Walk-Through, from TeachersFirst. A great tutorial about what a wiki is, why to use wikis in education, and how to use wikis in education.

Using Wiki in Education - An article at the Science of Spectroscopy

Classroom Use of Wikis at Teaching Hacks

This one's for you DAVID!

Video: Wikis in Plain English - A short and concise introduction to wikis (

Wiki While you Work - A video tutorial lecture by Mark Wagner

Wikis in Education

10,000 textbook modules

Paul Allison

**Holocaust Wiki Project**

Rob Lucas Teacher’s Lounge

Planet Math

Tons of Educational Wikis

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO BEGIN OUR SECONDARY METHODS WIKI!!!!

Click on the following blue underlined words Secondary Methods to go to the FrontPage of our Secondary Methods Wiki.You will see the following links at the top of the pages to link to specific topics that you will be researching and finding information relevant to our topics. Here's our Secondary Methods Wiki that we are developing as a resource for this class.

Tiering-- Multiple Intelligences-- Learning Styles-- Homework Options