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=Transforming Education Wiki=

**Welcome to our class wiki! What is a wiki??**
====A wiki is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser.==== ====Wikis support 21st century skills because they allow participants to create knowledge in authentic environments. Wikis are great for classrooms and collaborations! We will use our wiki as a place to gather resources, share ideas and information, collect data and also as a model to inspire you to use this technology in your classrooms.==== ====Think about how you can use a wiki for your class. It is a great free tool!====

====//**To do an activity assigned for the WIKI, just click on the page to the left and you will be taken to the page for that activity. Directions are provided on that page.**//====

====__**For Wikispaces,**__ educators can get FREE accounts WITHOUT advertisements. Many wikis, blogs and other technologies like this have advertisements on them which we really do not want students exposed to. This is also the reason why some schools block these tools, so make sure you are creating blogs and wikis without advertisements. Here is the link if you want to create your own wiki in Wikispaces without advertisement: [| http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers]====

====Anyone who is a member of the wiki can ** EDIT **pages. When you **EDIT** a page you change the content, add content, contribute or collaborate. See the** EDIT ** tab in the top right..that is where you ** EDIT **the page to add information. You will be adding information on the assignment pages.====

Any Comments or Ideas about Wikis?
====**Post them below this line by clicking on the** **EDIT tab** and then just adding your text below this line! ==== my student beat me to making a Wordle about science. He used several words like plants chemistry, things he thought he would do in 7th grade science. I was going to create one at the beginning of the school year to show kids that science encompasses many areas. It could also be used as a short review for a quiz having them give definitions and then type the word in Wordle when they get the definition correct.