Wiki, wiki, wiki!
Just last evening in an e-learning grad class, we were discussing wikis and how useful and practical they are in the classroom. Wikis are easy to use, provide a discussion tool with the discussion tab and allow for collaboration between students. We were thrilled to see that wikispaces had met their goal of 100,000 free wikis for educators this past weekend. However, we were also unhappy to about that news, because we thought that meant that teachers might not be able to continue using Wikispaces if their district would not pay for it.
Well, today Wikispaces announced they will continue their free wikis for educators with another 250,000 spaces up for grabs!
From the wikispaces blog:
Like the first 100,000, all of our K-12 wikis feature all the benefits of our Plus service:
- full privacy, only the people you allow in can see your wiki
- no advertising, your online classroom will remain ad-free
- unlimited use, as many users, pages, edits, and files, as you like, no limits
- a customizable look and feel, so you can make it feel like home
The Educational Wikis wiki has a list of example wikis in education. It’s a long one! So, go ahead, start a wiki. You will NOT regret it! Here’s the wikispaces for educators link. Once you get going, head back to the Educational Wikis wikispace and add yours to the list.
Filed under: Sharing... and
Leave a Reply