Since it’s the last Monday of the month, we wanted to take a look at some of the cool Wikispaces-related things that people have been talking about this month. Here are some of the highlights from March:
Making sense of tragedy in Japan
After the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, many of you set up, shared, and contributed to wikis full of information and resources for helping:
begoña b: “Journalist wall of shame/Journalist wall of honor(Muro dl vergüenza periodística/Muro dl honor periodístico) http://jpquake.wikispaces.com/“- Robert Dillon: “My 8th graders are using the info they find from searching #prayforjapan and other hashtags to create http://disasterinjapan.wikispaces.com/“
- Nippon Time: “http://jpquake.wikispaces.com/“
- Mutia Kurniawati: “You’ve the Journalists Wall of Shame, now here’s for Some Good Journalism: http://jpquake.wikispaces.com/Some+Good+Journalism“
- Keiichi: “Just put up a wiki site, http://japanese-relief-resources.wikispaces.com/ please help edit and spread the word!”
- Lori Borgman: “For a pespective on the nuclear situation in Japan from a nuclear engineer and nice guy http://japannuclearsituation.wikispaces.com/“
- jean-louis oustric: “fukushima – home http://fukushima.wikispaces.com/ This is a public wiki about the ongoing nuclear crisis in japan.”
A sampling of cool wiki projects
Every month we hear about exciting wiki projects. Here are just a few from March:
Craig Kemp: “Hey everyone can you please spread the word about my class #wikispace and give us some feedback – http://weareroom1.wikispaces.com/Feedback“- kditzler: “WOW! There are already 94 classes signed up! http://writeyourstory.wikispaces.com/ Still looking for classes to write a story in Spanish.”
- Smithsonian: “Curious about what else we offer for social media? Here’s all the stuff that couldn’t fit in the @nytimes article http://ow.ly/4guJY“
- Jen Smith: “We are hoping to find schools to contribute, please RT or contact me if interested! http://aglobalhello.wikispaces.com/ #edtech #global ed”
Valuable tools for Web 2.0 classrooms
Here are some of the resources that you’ve been talking about this past month:
- Wesley Fryer: “Great video #pbl idea #mace11 Paper Slide Videos @commoncraft style!
http://paperslide.wikispaces.com“ - OCM BOCES SLS: “ISTE’s 1 Tool at a Time webinar series Glogster Thurs 17th http://1toolatatime.wikispaces.com/“
- Suzie Vesper: “Just added a few new avatar tools to my wiki page. Anyone got anymore? http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Avatars“
- West Broward High: “Web_2_Oh_Tools – Fantastic Resources for projects: http://thedaringlibrarian.wikispaces.com/Web_2_Oh_Tools“
Our free wikis for higher education
We announced our free wikis for Higher Education in February. This month, some of you were still talking about it:
- The Thinking Stick: Wikispaces Extends Free Education Wikis to Higher-Ed
- Digital Writing, Digital Teaching: Wikispaces announces free wikis for higher ed
- Planeta Educativo: Wikispaces pro también gratis para educación superior
- Just a Tech Blog: Wikispaces Offering Free Wikis for Higher Ed
- JISC Digital Media: Wikispaces announces free wikis for HE and FE
- NetSquared: Free WikiSpaces Plus Accounts for K-12 and higher Education Institutions
- Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Free wikis for educators: K through 12 through PhD
