Wikis as Information Sources
From sports almanacs to local history pages, you'll find that people of all ages are creating and using wikis as a place to share and locate information.
Wikis as Reference Materials
The best know wiki is Wikipedia.
Use wikipedia as a quick reference. It's also great for current events and lesser known information. The key is identifying the fact, fiction, and perspective. Pay attention to the references and the external links.
- Current Events - Topics not covered in mainstream media
- Nile Kinnick - Lesser known people
- Pluto - Scientific updates
Try It!
Use Wikipedia to look up your home town. What's fact, fiction, opinion, and a matter of individual perspective? What references are used? What seems to be missing? What would you add, extend, modify, or delete from this page? Why?
Explore other wiki reference tools.
- Wikipedia for Schools
- Wikimedia - Wikimedia Commons - Images
- Wikijunior
- Wikia
- WikiTravel
- Wikibooks - High School Math Extensions
- WikiVersity - High School Math
Wikis as Information Sources
Explore the following examples of topical wikis.
- EduWikipedia
- Lyric Wiki - Find and share music lyrics.
- The Moon - Focuses on everything you want to know about the moon.
- Planet Math - An encyclopedia of math
- Literature - A Wiki of Unfortunate Events: Lemony Snicket (About), IPL's Teen Poetry Wiki, Queen Loana
- SciFi/Fantasy - Redwall Wiki, SciFi/Fantasy Wiki, StarBase 118
- WikiaGreen
- Galaxiki
Try It!
Want to find or participate in a wiki information project? Do a Google Search for your topic and add the word wiki.
Wikis, Schools, and Information
Wikis are a quick way to make web pages, so they're great for posting projects. In the First Grade Space Page, students share drawings and audio recordings. Many classes, centers, and schools are using wikis instead of web pages. In the HHS Library Media Center wiki, they have library information as well as class projects.
Student Helpers
Pathfinders and Web Links
Special Days or Events
Teacher and Parent Resources
Educational Wikis
- Classroom Google Earth - This wiki is collecting ideas for using Google Earth in the classroom.
Contribute
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Go to Favorite Day Trips. Contribute a page on your favorite day trip.