What Good is a Wiki in the Classroom?

Ideas For Using Wikis With Students from The Edublogger

• Classroom or online policies that can be developed collaboratively
• Writing a class story together
• A class dictionary of vocabulary terms that get added as they come up
• Scheduling parent meetings where parents or guardians can add their names to available times
• Sign-ups for field trips, parties, and more
• Keeping records during a science experiment
• Carrying out collaborative projects with schools abroad
• Creating a class book with each page edited by a different team
• Working on research projects with teachers and other students providing formative assessment on discussion tab
• Collecting ideas for a wiki page
• Create a collaborative story — one piece at a time

Sample Educational Wikis