A wiki is free, functional and fabulous. This presentation will reveal how a wiki-centric, Web 2.0 classroom provides a constructivist tool for collaboration, communication, publication, presentation and assessment. This session includes the nuts and bolts of setting up and managing a wiki, ideas for classroom use and best practice use of wikis internationally.

1. Practical Applications of Wikis Julie Lindsay Head of Information Technology, Qatar Academy

2. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Top 10 visited websites Over 2 million articles in English http://en.wikipedia.com

4. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 A wiki is a web page/web site that allows anyone to add content without knowing HTML or other coding

5. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 A wiki provides access to online publication and promotes new forms of scholarship for students and teachers

6. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 A wiki allows for sharing of ideas and collaborative authoring

8. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 New knowledge society takes root http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page

9. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

10. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 a community for sharing information about the products you like the most http://amapedia.amazon.com/

11. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Innovations that drastically change the course by which users connect, engage, and relate with the world and transform society Disruptive technologies are defined as…….

13. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Organization of course content Online learning Interaction and collaboration Supports social learning

15. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 http://qataracademy-it.wikispaces.com

16. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Collaborative, shared experiences http://qataracademy-it.wikispaces.com

17. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 http://123digitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com Developing digital citizenship

18. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Opportunities for publication: teacher and student Digital Portfolio

19. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Opportunity to use Web 2.0 tools

20. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Fostering information and digital literacy

21. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007

43. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com

44. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com

45. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Anatomy of a Wiki

46. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Discussion Editing History Images Videos RSS feed Widgets Notify Audio Searching

48. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 http:// www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K http://pbwiki.com http://wetpaint.com

49. Julie Lindsay | Head of Information Technology | Qatar Academy | November 2007 Julie’s Delicious tags for wikis http://del.cio.us/julielindsay Julie’s presentation wiki: http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com Anatomy of a Wiki http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMUAuB_kjU0