Wiki+What?!

Everything you need to know about wikis...


 * - A link to ** [|**Wikipedia**]**, (the grandfather of all wiki's,) and the Wikipedia article on wiki's...** [|****http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki****]
 * - An awesome example of Prezi in a "prezi" about wikis and SmartPens** [|**http://prezi.com/gs1uq91b0mby/wikis-for-student-services/**]

And some more about why we chose to use this 2.0 tool...

Keeping up with the Joe's... - **The "future is today"... the culture of learning has already changed for kids, and it continues to evolve. There are more learning tools at their disposal than ever before. We (teachers) need to stay ahead of the game... our students are "digital natives."****__​__** media type="youtube" key="SkhpmEZWuRQ" width="425" height="350" align="center"
 * __ Joe's Non-Netbook __**

Growing our tech school culture... (not "the schools we've always had, plus some computers") __** Chris Lehmann- School Tech Should be Like Oxygen **__ media type="youtube" key="RUWzQYLqLLg" width="425" height="350" align="center"

//*Chris is the Principal of the Science Leadership Academy; a partnership high school between the School District of Philadelphia and The Franklin Institute. SLA is an inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on 21st century learning.//

Keeping kids engaged and captivated within the teaching and learning process... - Kids like "cool" stuff... the "WOW" fac​tor in education is becoming more and more necessary...  **Ever heard of Augmented Reality? **  Turning 2D teaching into 3D learning... Click here for the PlugIntoTheSmartGrid.com sheet [|http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality] - just print one off and follow the directions at the link: @http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/ar/turbine.html?c_id=direct


 * ... So yeah, it's really just about creating a workspace where staff ,students, parents and other like you our valued volunteers can collaborate together on the [[image:fabulous5z/What_they_hear....jpg width="320" height="396" align="right"]]teaching and learning process, 21st Century style. **


 * *We have created an open system platform for effective and green communication; **
 *  - A workspace for staff, students, parents and others; **
 *  - An effective and simple way to promote our tech school culture by connecting our GSTS staff, students, parents and others together within our wiki network; **
 *  - A free, efficient and fun way to connect school to home and home to school: **
 *  - An academic forum to assign, complete and display school work; **
 *  - And also an appropriate, private web environment to explicitly teach students responsible social networking. **


 * We're really excited about our wiki project! **

**Teachers:** Click here  for a sample set of instructions for parents detailing how to get connected to a WikiSpaces wiki, (of course this can be adapted for any prospective user group). Use this at will if you decide to incorporate wikis into your personal teaching practice.