Using+Wikis+to+Enhance+Writing+Agenda

> Objectives (3 minutes) - 00:05
 * Welcome** (2 minutes) -- 00:02
 * Login to WikiSpaces
 * Editing your Notes
 * Another objective
 * Describe what a wiki is
 * Identify Potential Benefits to Student Writing
 * Create/Share a list of student-based wiki projects
 * Be able to edit a wiki, add a page, view the differences between pages

What is a wiki (10 minutes) - 00:15
 * Discussion
 * Who has heard of a wiki?
 * What is a wiki then?
 * What is a Wiki video clip
 * Where does Wikipedia fit in?

Benefits to the Writing Process (10 minutes) - 00:25
 * Discussion
 * What do you have them write? Why do you have them write?
 * What are the biggest challenges/problems to good writing?
 * How can wikis help us overcome these?
 * How could Wikipedia actually improve student writing?
 * Big Ideas
 * Relevance
 * Audience
 * Collaboration

Examples of Student Wiki Projects (15 minutes) - 00:40
 * Interactive Writing Activities
 * [|Choose Your Own Adventure]
 * Digital Curriculum Projects
 * Group Projects/Writing Assignments

Where to get a wiki (10 minutes) - 00:50 [|Virtual Classroom] Wikispaces [|Pbwiki]