9a)+What+is+a+Wiki?

=  = = = =**//What is a wiki and how is it used?// **= **A wiki is a website where students can communicate and collaborate in real time. Not only can we post a**  **discussion, picture, link, or, video on the site, we can also change, revise, and update information posted by others.**  **Wiki means "quick" in H****awaiian. A wiki is used anywhere at any time to communicate.** = =

=**//How can a wiki be used in the classroom to help us learn?// **= **A wiki can be used in the classroom to help us learn just about everything we **  **study in school. One example would be in English class: This month we are celebrating **  **African American Heritage. We could use the wiki to talk to "real" people who lived through ** ** and participated in the Civil Rights movement. We could interview them and ask them to ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> share information about ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">their experiences 50 years ago. Another example would be in Science **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> class: we are studying weather. We could interview a meteorologist, post the current weather **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> forecast and update it each day, or, we could take pictures of different clouds and identify **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> them. **