What are wikis?  Wikis are easy-to-use websites that anyone can create and edit. Click here to view an introductory video on TeacherTube.  

How are wikis used?  See below for examples.

Wikis for Teacher Collaboration

Local/District:

• M'KIS Curriculum Planning Wiki: See how Mont'Kiara International School has used a wiki to create their technology curriculum 
• Charlotte Area Math Educators Wiki

National and International:

• GoAPES: AP Environmental Science
• SMART Measurement: Resources for teaching measurement
• Curriki: Lesson plan resource

Wikis for Student Collaboration

K-6 Examples: 

• Kindergarten: Trinity School Weather project: http://projectsource.wikispaces.com/The+weather+in+Kindergarten
• First Grade (Kathy Cassidy): http://kcassidy.wikispaces.com/traditions and http://1000names.wikispaces.com/   
• Second Grade (Celeste Hopkins): http://hop2wilson.wikispaces.com and www.wikiwonderful.wikispaces.com
• Second Grade: http://thetulipproject.wikispaces.com/ 
• Third Grade: Go West!  
• Third Grade: Ms Webster's Class Wiki  
• Fifth Grade (Darlene Andre): https://andreclass.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
• Fifth Grade (Brian Cosby): http://crosbyclass.wikispaces.com/
• Sixth Grade: Kim Cofino: Code Blue 
• Various Grade Levels: http://projectsource.wikispaces.com/What+I%27m+Reading+NOW 

Middle and High School Examples: 

• Language Arts:
• Middle School Language Arts
• British Lit: LaGuardia High School
• My Side of the Mountain book study 
• Math:
• Mrs. Fouss: Honors Pre-calculus and Algebra 2 Class Check out the sitmo widget that allows you to use symbols for writing mathematical expressions.
• Natalie DiTullio: LMMATH  A space for high school math students, specifically Geometry, Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 to post unit summaries. 
• Social Studies:
• Social Studies  To view student work: Click on "Students 08-09" to view individual student pages, then click the link "All my work."
• Local History Project: http://wikimarion.org/Main_Page
• AP Human Geography Project 
• Science:
• Middle School Science
• 7th Grade Robotics
• Kurt Klein: Mr. Klein's Classes 
• Foreign Languages:

• J. Thomas: French: Middle School  A site for French beginners for Middle School teachers to use in the classroom and for students to use at home.

• Leigh Murrell: Spanish-Farb  Used by 7th and 8th grade students as an end of the year assignment to compile an Encyclopedia of their knowledge of the class using the structure of the class textbook En Español. 
• French Class International Partnership: http://lovelandjonzacglobalprojects.wikispaces.com/

Compilations from Various Grade Levels: 

• Many great examples: Educational Wikis

• Moving Forward: Wikis

• More examples: Wikis in the Classroom (Scroll down for the table with links to examples.)

Create a Wiki

Note: Since each of these wiki sites continually update their programs, some of these material may become out-of-date.  Please leave a comment on this page if you notice anything on this table that is no longer accurate.  Thanks!  (Updated January 2010)