Wikis

**What is a Wiki?** A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.[Wikis are typically powered by wiki software, such as wikispaces.com and are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.

**Wikis in Plain English:** **A video that explains what a wiki really is...in plain english;** produced by: Common Craft. = = =media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="405" width="500"= =Tutorials and Guides:=
 * [|EduWikiTorial] - A tutorial about educational wikis written by Susan Cline, Instructional Technology, MA.
 * [|A Wiki Walk-Through], from TeachersFirst. A great tutorial about what a wiki is, why to use wikis in education, and how to use wikis in education.
 * [|Using Wiki in Education] - A blog and [|book] by Stewart Mader.
 * [|Using Wiki in Education] - An article at the Science of Spectroscopy
 * [|Classroom Use of Wikis] at Teaching Hacks
 * Articles and Resources in Spanish by Francisco Muñoz de la Peña
 * [|Wiki While you Work] - A video tutorial lecture by Mark Wagner