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What Do You Know About Wikispaces?
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Creating a Wikispaces Account.
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What is a Wikispace?
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Part 1

 * In groups of 2-3, or alone, explore the Wiki Walk-through.
 * Pay special attention to how you think you'll use wikis in your classroom and with your students. You can explore the walk-through in the window below or open it full screen by navigating to the link.

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Part 2
Then, explore at least 5 of the wikis below. As you are visiting the sites, make note of the following: the purpose of the wiki, the audience of the wiki, organization, appearance, and so forth. There are different types of educational wikis in the links below.


 * Wiki Examples:**
 * AP Biology Systems Project
 * Collaboration Nation
 * Follow Me: Morpheus Fortuna
 * Educational Origami
 * Cool Cat Teacher
 * Mrs. Fitzgerald's 2nd Grade Class Wiki
 * Civil War Project - Become the Historical Character
 * Eduwiki.us
 * 5th Grade Project on Ancient China
 * NETS Implementation Wiki
 * B-7 Bobcats Wiki - 1st Grade Class
 * SMARTboard Revolution Notebook Lesson Sharing Wiki
 * Flat Classroom Wiki Project
 * Mrs. Oro's Computer Class Page
 * Regions of France Project
 * Copyright Confusion Wiki
 * Third Grade Collaboration Wiki
 * Cool Tools for Schools
 * Mrs. Abernethy's TechnoTigers - 5th Grade
 * Even more examples of Educational Wikis

**Part 3**

 * When you are finished exploring the sites and the walk-through, respond to the Discussion topics below:**
 * ~ [|Subject][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="15" height="15" link="http://mssd.wikispaces.com/message/list/Introduction+to+Wikispaces?orderBy=subject&orderDir=asc"]] ||~ [|Author][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="15" height="15" link="http://mssd.wikispaces.com/message/list/Introduction+to+Wikispaces?orderBy=author&orderDir=asc"]] ||~ [|Replies][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="15" height="15" link="http://mssd.wikispaces.com/message/list/Introduction+to+Wikispaces?orderBy=replies&orderDir=desc"]] ||~ [|Views][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="15" height="15" link="http://mssd.wikispaces.com/message/list/Introduction+to+Wikispaces?orderBy=views&orderDir=desc"]] ||||~ [|Last Message] ||
 * What are the elements of a good wiki? || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1250732072/lisettecasey-sm.jpg width="16" height="16" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/lisettecasey"]] [|lisettecasey] || 0 || 3 || Today 10:20 am || by [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1250732072/lisettecasey-sm.jpg width="16" height="16" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/lisettecasey"]] [|lisettecasey] ||
 * Why Use Wikis? || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1250732072/lisettecasey-sm.jpg width="16" height="16" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/lisettecasey"]] [|lisettecasey] || 0 || 1 || Today 10:18 am || by [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1250732072/lisettecasey-sm.jpg width="16" height="16" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/lisettecasey"]] [|lisettecasey] ||