Have you tried creating a project using the new project tab on a Wikispaces wiki? Instructions follow!

Submitted by Fiona Beal If you are a teacher that loves project-based teaching and connecting with classes around the world you’ll know that Wikispaces is the perfect platform to use.  But did you know this? Wikispaces has added an amazing new feature to their free education version platform called Projects. This new feature allows you to create a special place for your project within your classroom wiki. In other words, you don’t have to create a separate project wiki for your classroom ...

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Add navigation pages to your wiki and write on them!

Submitted by Fiona Beal Last week I wrote a blogpost and challenged teachers to consider creating a wiki if they don’t already have one. My post was called  ‘Why not create a wiki for your classroom’?  A wiki is a superb calssroom tool, really. Well, if you took the challenge and created a wiki, I have some more fabulous tips for you to spruce it up a bit.  Add navigation pages The first thing you could so is add navigation pages on the left hand side to give it that website feel...

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Why not create a wiki for your classroom?

Submitted by Fiona Beal Have you ever considered using a wiki in your class? It can be a fabulous classroom tool with a multitude of uses. What is a wiki? A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. It is like a website but it doesn’t require any special knowledge of HTML. Anyone who joins the wiki can write and edit on the wiki which makes it ideal for classroom use. What I like about using a w...

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