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=** Additional Resources **= ​  Molen, K. [|Wee Wikis: Implementing the Use of Wikis with Elementary Students]. Library Media Connection. Worthington: Jan/Feb 2009. Vol. 27, Iss. 4; p. 57 Discusses procedures to follow that created a successful experience with 4th and 6th grade students, including careful organization, setting clear guidelines, modelling how to work on the wiki, monitoring students, and allowing sufficient time on school computers.
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Dukic, D. [|Wikis in school libraries]. International Association of School Librarianship. Selected Papers from the ... Annual Conference. Brantford: 2007. p. 1 (9 pages) Shares many ways wikis are used in school libraries. These include creating library and information skills tutorials, conducting collaborative projects, creating reading lists, writing book reviews, building a database of professional resources, or as a webpage for professional associations. Provides many examples and links.

Kahn, S. (2009). [|Wonderful wikis and internet forums]. //Science and Children, 46//(9), 27. Documents how a teacher librarian used wikis with 5th and 6th grade students to prepare for a science fair. Explains how she prepared students, including sending information home to parents, setting clear guidelines, teaching netiquette, modelling using the wiki, monitoring students, and allowing sufficent time on school computers.

Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2009). [|Wikis, Digital Literacies, and Professional Growth]. //Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy//, //52//(7), 631-634. Retrieved from Professional Development Collection database. Discusses wiki on new literacies at NewLits.org, a wiki space created to "collaboratively develop a rich range of specialist resources for middle school language arts/literacy educators (typically Grades 5 to 8). These resources focus variously and broadly on new literacies and digital technologies."

Schweder, W., & Wissick, C. (2009). [|The power of wikis]. //Journal of Special Education Technology, 24//(1), 57. Gives numerous examples of how educators can use wikis as part of their professional development, as well as links to exemplary wikis.

__[|Online Collaborative Writing: How Blogs and Wikis Are Changing the Academic Publishing Process] __ This is a lengthy article that requires the reader to scroll down to the section on wikis. It is a practical approach to the personalities that are involved in group work and well worth reading. I was most impressed by this quote: "A wise crowd**, said Surowiecki, "//needs to be diverse, so that people are bringing different pieces of information to the table. It needs to be decentralized, so that no one at the top is dictating the crowd's answer. It needs a way of summarizing people's opinions into one collective verdict. And the people in the crowd need to be independent, so that they pay attention mostly to their own information, and not worry about what everyone around them thinks//". Subheadings include collaborative writing and wikis, pros and cons of using wikis, and wiki effectiveness.

[|50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom] A great list for any grade level that would like to grow its collaborative atmosphere into many subject areas.

[|Their words, unleashed by wiki] A principal used wikis in his school as he saw it as an extension of what kids do naturally on computers. He and the students are enjoying the results.

[|Setting up and Introducing a Collaborative Student Math Wiki] If you want to know how to go about setting up a math wiki for your students, this post is for you.

[|Thoughts on Setting up a Student Created Wiki] Superb blog post of an educator reflecting on how to make her wiki truly student-driven.

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Using Wikis to Conduct Qualitative Research

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 Article: Wikis to support the "collaborative" part of collaborative learning: This article outlines the properties of wikis that make them particularly amenable to constructing different collaborative learning applications. It also acknowledges that using collaborative technology does not guarantee that students will learn or collaborate. It discusses the importance of scaffolding the assignment in order to have effective student collaborations.