by Jason Welker - Shanghai American School
This workshop will demonstrate techniques for using a wiki as a more dynamic and interactive alternative to a class website, a substitute for pen and paper homework assignments, a forum for communication about class related topics, a way to hold online exam review sessions, and a comprehensive, collaborative, student created course study guide.

Attendees will be shown several examples of uses for a class Wiki, and introduced to the multiple "widgets" that can be added to make the wiki experience more engaging, entertaining and interesting for students.


This workshop is not a "how to create a wiki" presentation. Any wiki provider you choose will have detailed tutorials to guide you in the basic process of creating a wiki.

In this presentation, you will learn several ways a wiki can be used to enhance learning in your class. These include:

• Information Dissemination
• Resource sharing
• Student created content
• Online exam review through chat
  
• Polling students
• Course evaluations

In addition, you will learn ways to:

• Make your Wiki FUN!!
• Incorporate a Wiki into your course grade
  

Finally, you'll have the chance to practice entering and editing text, images, videos, sound, etc. on this very wiki!

• Learning the WIki Way - Workshop Evaluation

Welker's Wikis: The following wikis are ones I use with my students, and will be referre to throughout this presentation.

• Welker's Wikinomics - for my AP Economics students
• History Happening - for my grade 9 Asian History students
• Sichuan Cycling Adventure - for students going on the SAS China Alive cycling trip in Sichuan Province
• SAS Global Issues Group - for students involved with a service club I supervise
  

Articles I've written about using a Wiki in my Economics course:

• Welker’s Wikinomics 2.0 - another year of learning the wiki way begins!

• A semester of learning the Wiki way - student (and teacher) reflections

• Goodnight, and good luck - Exam review in Web 2.0

• A Wiki Revelation