Wiki websites

This is a really interesting clip about integrating wikis into the classroom, I like it because it is an actual class lecture, so I know the information comes from a valid source. It has a lot of interesting information about moodle.org which is a class management type system. The lecture goes through a slide show and gives an indepth run down of what you should do/expect. It also goes through how to use a wiki and it actually shows you some of the things you can do as they are doing them. It also makes an interesting point; that "learning is increasingly international" and wikis are a good way of bridging the distances. One of the wiki sites they suggest is pbwiki and wikispaces. It also makes the point that wikis can be used with any kind of student because YOU set it up, you are in charge of how students interact with the wiki. You can have students actually managing the wiki and collaborating together but you can also use it as a source for placing all sorts of information or links

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/114123-Integrating-Technology-into-the-Classroom-Using-Moodle-and-Wikis

this is a neat wiki site that I stumbled upon. I personally like the set up more than wikispaces or pbwiki just because it feels more creative and also because it feels more like a place to search for information then other wiki sites. http://www.wikispaces.com/ is set up more to show you what to do to create one, but not really for sharing the information with other people. http://pbworks.com/ again emphasizes what it can do and how it can be used, but it doesn't interest me in the contents of the wikis themselves, and the wikis on the website aren't really easily searchable. I don't know if you can join http://www.qwiki.com/ for free, I tried to join and it didn't work for some reason, but I really like the clean setup. It makes me want to use it.
http://%20www.qwiki.com/

I really like that this website starts with explaining some of the many benefits to using wikis because it helped me to 1. get a clearer picture of what wikis are and how they can be used. Then it went into a little bit on how to begin starting one yourself, which I found helpful for someone with only limited knowledge of wikis

http://www.techlearning.com/article/22064