Wikispaces

Wikispaces is a website that lets you create your own Wikis. "Wiki" is short for the Hawaiian term "wiki-wiki," meaning "quick" or "fast." Wikis are websites that can be quickly and easily edited and built upon. The most famous example of a Wiki is Wikipedia.org. The Wiki platform was chosen for this site precisely because of its collaborative properties. Hopefully, Fulton music teachers will create a Wiki account and become a member of this Wiki so that you may add their own knowledge and insights to share with others on the various technology tools discussed here. You may even want to add new, additional pages about tools not yet mentioned or even created! **//The vision for this Wiki is that it will be a continually evolving music technology resource for Fulton music teachers. //**

Getting Started with Wikispaces Uses for Music Class Examples of Great Classroom Wikis Resources
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Getting Started with Wikispaces
**Since this Wiki was created for other music teachers to add on to it**, an important place to start is knowing how to edit a Wiki. For this particular Wiki, you must be a member of Wikispaces and a member the Fulton Music Ed Tech Wiki itself in order to make any changes or additions.


 * 1) To join Wikispaces, simply create a free account here.
 * 2) Request membership to this Wiki by clicking " Join Now " at the top left of the page (or just click here ).
 * 3) Once you joined both Wikispaces and this particular Wiki, click here for information on how to edit the pages of a Wiki.
 * 4) **If you find a new tool and want to share it**, navigate to the "Add Page" tool on the right hand side and let us know about it.
 * 5) **If you find a new or different classroom use for a tech tool that is already listed**, then go in and edit the page for that tool.

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Uses for Music Class

 * Use Wikispaces to create your classroom website
 * Have students use Wikispaces to create a website to synthesize research on any topic
 * Use Wikis as a music resources page where students can add new links and tools
 * Use Wikis to collaboratively plan with other teachers, such as in a PLC: repository for lesson plans, discussion forum, list of resources, etc.

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Examples of Great Classroom Wikis
A great way to get ideas about how to use Wikis in your classroom is to check out how other people have already used them. Below are examples of Wikis used in the elementary setting.


 * A Wiki about educational Wikis!
 * 3rd grade study of Westward Expansion along the Oregon Trail
 * 1st grade study of schools in the past
 * Multi-school monster descriptions and illustrations

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Resources

 * Wikispaces Help Page
 * Wikispaces Classroom
 * Wikispaces Teacher Help Page
 * Getting Started Printable Handout

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