Think Wiki Creative ideas for libraries, teachers and students

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Think Wiki! Creative ideas for libraries,
teachers and students

• PSLA Mini-Session D2
• May 2, 2009
• Gail Junion-Metz

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What is a Wiki?

• Wikis in Plain English - video
• Wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick
• Term coined by programmer Ward Cunningham in
  1995
• Its a web-based collaborative tool
• It lets lots of folks add / edit Wiki content

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Blogs Wikis

• Individual thoughts
• Chronological
• Anyone comments
• Content not changed
• Edits not archived

• Group thoughts
• By topic
• Anyone edits
• Changes anytime
• Changes archived

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Wiki Search Tools

• Wiki.com
• Google Wiki Search
• Clusty Wikipedia Search

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School Library Wikis

• DeWitt HS Library Wiki
• New Hope-Solebury HS Library Wiki
• Desert Hills MS Library Wiki
• Decatur HS Library Wiki
• Woodstown MS Library Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Creative use of media -- Benson School Library
  Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Creative use of video -- Benson School Library
  Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Creative use of video -- Benson School Library
  Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Creative use of video - Catalina Magnet High
  School Library Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Access to databases - Edison High School Library

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School Library Wikis

• Database tutorials -- Penfield HS Library Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Video game reviews -- Hanceville HS Library

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School Library Wikis

• Audio student book reviews -- Lower School
  Library Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Digital storytelling -- Lower School Library Wiki

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School Library Wikis

• Research links by class -- Plymouth Regional HS
  Library

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School Library Wikis

• Collaborative book award selection-- Read the
  Rosies

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School Library Wikis

• LMC Equipment Signup Wilmette Junior HS Wiki

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Librarian / School Wikis

• Teen Lib Wiki
• Childrens Series Binder
• K12Wiki
• School Computing Wiki Library Technology
• School Library Websites Wiki
• The School Library Handbook Wiki
• School Library Media Wiki

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Library Teen / Kid Wikis

• Lackawana Co Lib Teen Leadership Committee Wiki
  
• Chesterfield PL Teen Wiki
• Internet Public Library Teen Poetry Wiki
• Guthrie PL Teen Book Club Wiki
• Portsmouth PL - Teen Readers Wiki

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Community Wikis

• Davis Wiki
• Arbor Wiki

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Library News Wikis

• Lucy R. Welles Library Library News Wiki
• Madison Library Library News Links
• Bull Run PL Library Info

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Library Reference Wikis

• Jackson District Lib. Pathfinders Wiki
• St Joseph Co PL Ref/Subject Guides Wiki
• Rancho Mirage PL Staff Ref Desk Wiki
• Allen Co PL Ask ACPL Wiki
• Geneseo PL Computer Tutor Wiki

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Library Project Wikis

• Greater Phoenix Digital Library Project Wiki
• Stevens Co Rural District Lib Stevens County
  Wiki Project
• Montana Historical Society Lib Montana History
  Wiki

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Library Staff Wikis

• District 5 Library Aide/LMT Wiki
• Albany Co PL Library Staff Wiki
• Memphis PL Online System Staff Training
• Tulsa PL Adult Literacy Tutor Wiki

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Librarianship Wikis

• Library Success A Best Practices Wiki
• Multimedia Librarian Wiki
• LibraryWikis Wiki
• Blogging Libraries Wiki
• FutureLib Wiki

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Library Conference Wikis

• PSLA 2009 Conference Wiki
• ALA 2009 Conference Wiki
• YALSA Conference News

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Professional Association Wikis

• ALSC Wiki
• PSLA Wiki
• YALSA Wiki
• ALA Interactive Web Applications Wiki
• YALSA Summer Reading Wiki

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Association Program Wikis

• ALSC Kids _at_ Your Library Wiki
• AASL Reading Instruction the School Library
  Media Specialist Wiki
• YALSA Teen Read Week Wiki
• YALSA Teen Tech Week Wiki
• YALSA Teen Tech Guides Wiki

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Read More About It

• Broughton, John. Wikipedia The Missing Manual.
  Sebastopol, CA OReilly, 2008.
• Burrows, Terry. Blogs, Wikis, MySpace and More.
  Chicago, IL Chicago Review Press, 2008.
• Ebersbach, Anja. Wiki Web Collaboration. 2nd.
  ed. New York Springer, 2008.

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Read More About It

• Klobas, Jane. Wikis Tools for Information Work
  and Collaboration. Oxford, England Chandos,
  2006.
• Leuf, Bo and Ward Cunningham. The Wiki Way.
  Boston, MA Addison-Wesley, 2005.
• Richardson, Will. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and
  Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. 2d. ed.
  Thousand Oaks, CA Corwin Press, 2008.

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Read More About It

• Tapscott, Don and A. Williams. Wikinomics How
  Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. New York
  Portfolio, 2006.
• West, James A. and Margaret L. Using Wikis for
  Online Collaboration. Hoboken, NJ Jossey Bass,
  2008.
• Woods, Dan and P. Thoeny. Wikis for Dummies.
  Hoboken, NJ Dummies, 2007.

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• Download this PowerPoint Presentation
• at http//www.iage.com/pslaminiwiki09.ppt

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Gail Junion-MetzInformation Age Consultants310
North Bridge StreetDeWitt, MI 48820(517)
668-2130gail_at_iage.comhttp//www.iage.com