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Ways We Can Use WIkis @ EMS
===Wikis can be used for collaborative efforts or for "show & display". This **sandbox area** with the navigation on the left could serve as a class assignment wiki for students. As set up students would click on the appropriate assignment and their actual work is done in the discussion area. The "Block A Wikis" link takes students to a listing of individual student wikis. Each student could then be working on their own wikispace. Individual students could use their wikispaces to gather resources (text, images, media) to help review major topics for a unit test. Since my intention is to use this space to show teachers at EMS one possible use of a wiki, there is also a "wiki know-how" link. This particular use of the wiki is a bit of both -- collaborative & "show & tell".===

===**Wikis can also be set up for one big project which has many steps. This SingleAssignment wikispace is for a collaborative project I hope to use with teachers at EMS to not only show how a wiki could be used, but also to introduce Wordles. (Which hopefully will not remain locked up behind the filter!)**===

===**Collaboration at the teacher level at EMS could be accomplished through the EMSwikispace. The homepage is actually a Google Calendar which will list the dates of important meetings. The left side navigation bar provides links to pages for various groups at EMS. Each group's page can contain a running account of the meeting agendas and notes to be completed collaboratively. And best of all ALWAYS accessible to staff**.===

===The bottom link, ** the Maine Page **, is an example of a "show & display" area. This page contains an introductory Voki (which won't play behnd the filter!) and a link to a set of images. If used in an instructional setting, show & display type wikis would allow students to display their work on the Internet so their friends and family can view or to share their educational endeavors.===


 * For other ways to use wikis in class, I will point you to our collaborative effort from Mike Uleau's Web2.0 class. (See Mike, I can get my "homework" done the easy way too!)**