In my travels through the blogsphere, I came across this terrific video that explains, in plain English, exactly how a wiki works. We are using wikis in the computer lab, and I hope that some of our teachers will want to set up wikis for their classrooms as well. Students in Room 419 have been using a wiki to peer edit their autobiographical sketches. We have a fourth grade “New York New York” wiki in the works, and a fifth grade writers wiki. Third graders are going to put together a wikispace with pages full of information they gather about endangered animals. I’m very excited about using this web technology with my students. I’d like to know how you feel about using the wikis, so start writing your comments to let me know!

I know the school network is blocking the video (it’s a YouTube thing) so you can access this terrific and educational short video directly from it’s source:

Commoncraft.Com