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= = = **Follow-up Session is March 23rd from 4:30-5:30. We have had a location change, it will not be at the CPHS library. Location TBA** =

February Conference Session 2010
=21st Century Model Classroom=

=**What is a WIKI?**=

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THIS WEBSITE IS A WIKI!


 * Wikis are free, online writing spaces. Wikis use simple formatting rules, so you don't need to understand HTML.
 * Wikis were named for the "Wiki-Wiki" or a Hawaiian adjective for "quick."
 * For some, wikis convey a highly collaborative view of composing and creativity. People who contribute to a wiki need to understand that their words may be deleted and changed by others. Wiki authors do not claim ownership of a text.
 * When writers contribute to a public wiki, their work could potentially be read by millions of readers.
 * Wikis give focus to the last draft, yet wikis provide a history. Each time the text is changed, a new version is saved. Anyone can go back later and see previous versions. This allows teachers and students to see the writing process in action.
 * Wikis are generally published online, though desktop and gated wikis are possible. Permissions can be set to limit the readers and writers who participate.
 * Textual authority is dialogical. Revision is privileged in the wiki. Each new reader can suddenly become a writer. The draft that matters is the last draft. Power and authority are given to the community rather than an individual or official staff.
 * Wikis are designed specifically as a writing space. They are not a presentation space nor a course management system. Wikis make it possible - and necessary - for writers to continually build upon, revise, and edit an emerging text.

=Wikis In the Classroom= = =