Wikis

[|**Virtual field trips**]: Have your students research far away places they would like to go on a field trip, and get them to share images and information about the location. [|**Create presentations**]: Instead of using traditional presentation software, put presentations on a wiki. [|**Write a Wikibook**]: Make it a class project to collaboratively write a reference book that others can use. [|**Study guides**]: Ask students to create study guides for a unit you are studying [|**Readers’ guides**]: Have your students create readers’ guides to share their favorite and most important parts of works you’ve read in class. [|**Solving wiki**]: Post math problems so that the class can solve them collaboratively [|**Glossary**]: Get your class to create a glossary of terms they use and learn about in new units, adding definitions and images. [|**Class encyclopedia**]: Ask your class to create an "encyclopedia" on a topic, adding useful information that can be built upon through the years.
 * How Can I Use a Wiki in My Classroom? **
 * __Resource Creation__**

[|**Exam review**]: Encourage students to share review notes and other helpful pieces of information on your classroom’s wiki. [|**Student portfolios**]: Assign portfolio pages to each of your students, and allow them to display and discuss their work. [|**Correction competition**]: You can post a document riddled with mistakes, then have students compete to see who can fix the most errors fastest. [|**Vocabulary lists**]: Encourage students to submit words that they had trouble with, along with a dictionary entry. [|**Share notes**]: Let your students share their collective information so that everyone gets a better understanding of the subject.
 * __Student Participation__**

[|**Organize ideas**]: Allow group members to post their ideas in a wiki, and you’ll cut down on duplicate ideas, while at the same time allowing them to build upon the ideas. [|**Fan clubs**]: Start fan clubs for your students’ favorite figures from history and ask them to contribute their favorite quotes, photos, and other tidbits together. [|**Literature circles**]: Host a book club on your wiki where students are required to read the same book, then discuss it on the wiki.
 * __Group Projects__**

[|**Classroom FAQ**]: Make it a class project to create an FAQ for your classroom that will help new students and those that will come in years later. **Classroom scrapbook**: Share news, photos, and current achievements in your classroom [|**Hall of fame**]: Highlight students’ exceptional achievements on the wiki.
 * __For the Classroom__**

[|**School tour**]: Get your class to take photos of your school and write about their favorite spots on the wiki, then share it with the rest of your school and local community. [|**Recipe book**]: Ask students to bring in their favorite recipes from home, then share them with parents and the rest of the community. [|**International sharing**]: Collaborate with a class from another country and share information about your culture, or even a day in the life of a typical student. [|**Local history**]: Document historical buildings, events, and more from our community. You can ask students to perform interviews, and encourage parents and other adults to contribute.
 * __Community__**