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Wiki Exercises

Exploring the wiki exercise

  1. Edit this page, one person at a time
  2. Split into groups to edit for group work: WikiMercury, WikiVenus, WikiMars, WikiAsteroids, WikiJupiter. Brainstorm in your group's wiki page about teaching with wikis.
  3. Check out the other groups' work. Edit in comments. Check back on your own.

Group wiki formation exercise

  1. Decide on a name for your group, based on your identity and purpose.
  2. Make a page here.
  3. Head to your new page and start writing together.

Wikipedia exercise

  1. Head to the Wikipedia. Explore entries on topics you love and/or know something about. Edit a page where you think you have something to contribute.
  2. Write up your thoughts in your group's wiki page.
  3. Check out an entry on something you don't know much about.
  4. Write up your thoughts on this entry as an introduction.
  5. Explore an entry's discussion tab content. Comment back at your own wiki group page.

Selected content from previous workshops:

Yet another sample new page

  1. Candide is here 'Allo, Candide. How's the garden tending?
  2. Split into six groups to edit Wiki group one, Wiki group two, Wiki group three, Wiki group four, Wiki group five, Wiki group six, Wiki group forty two. Another set: group A, group B, group C, group D, group E, group F?.