Wikis

A **wiki** ([|IPA]: [ˈwɪ.kiː] or [ˈwiː.kiː] [|[1]]) is a type of [|website] that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove and otherwise [|edit] and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for [|collaborative authoring]. The term wiki can also refer to the [|collaborative software] itself ([|wiki engine]) that facilitates the operation of such a website, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (an original wiki), [|WikiWikiWeb], and the online encyclopedias such as [|Wikipedia]. (Source: Wikipedia)

Plus - Create an online classroom in a few minutes, easy to edit, public or private domain, add multimedia. Minus - usually the free ones are general access - this could be a plus or a minus Interesting - This is now education - it is multimedia, online, collaborative learning
 * PMI on Wikis in Education**

All your questions answered here - http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers#toc8 (includes video tutorials) http://www.wikispaces.com/ or http://www.wikispaces.com/t/x/teachers100K (link for a wikispace for teachers - no advertising) http://pbwiki.com/edu.html http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia
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Comparing types of Wikis? http://www.wikimatrix.org/

Examples of Science Wikis: A class wiki - manage by the teacher but resources collected by the students - http://biology-stlukes.wikispaces.com/ Student wikis - http://science21-stlukes.wikispaces.com/student+pages

Blogs or Wikis - Which one is for me??
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