Sharing+&+Building+Tools

Online tools that help a group share ideas, build together and grow through the experience, include Wikis and Blogs.
__**WIKIS**__ [|What is a wiki] [|Wiki as Content Management System (CMS)] [|Wikis in Plain English] [|7 things about wikis]

Wikis encourage cooperation among members of a group / community. In other words a wiki is put together by one or more people in order to share and build together. Wikis can be used by teachers to encourage collaborative learning experiences both for their students as well as for them as professionals.
 * __Using Wikis in teaching and learning__**

Among students wikis can be used for group projects. Here are two examples. [|Int Day Gr12 UNMDG] CAS-EBV-IcoteaProject

Teachers could use a wiki for ongoing collaborative work. The example given below relates to a curriculum revision exercise undertaken by the Language Arts/English dept at our school. EngDeptcurric

__**Suggestions for wiki use in the K-12 context**__ [|Wikis in K-12 classrooms] [|K-12 Wiki Resources] [|Wiki on use of Web20 in classrooms] Examples of Educational Wikis [|Wiki Grading Rubric]

__**BLOGS**__ [|What is a Blog] [|Blogging Basics] [|Blogs in Plain English]


 * __Using Blogs in teaching and learning__**