Wikis can be a really powerful tool for learning in your classroom. I am using my wiki to help my apprentices ‘connect the dots’. To see how subjects inter-relate, and connect. Wikis do take a fair bit of co-operation and group participation, so if you’re going to use one in a classroom then make sure that you set time aside for students to add to it, and resource them adequately so that they have knowledge to contribute. I will be encouraging my apprentices to put in various formulas, and quotes from their text book that really help them.

The following tutorial has been designed for them, but might be of use to you! You can download it here if you wish.

Wikis can be set up all over the internet, but if you’re using Moodle then here’s a quick how-to on adding new pages etc.

1. Select the wiki in the left hand navigation bar (click on pictures for a clearer view).

2.Select the ‘Edit’ option on the page you are viewing (the page you would like to link to your new page).

3. Decide what you would like your new page to be called, and write it in square brackets (usually found next to ‘P’ on your keyboard). Click ‘save’.

4. You will see a ? next to the new work that you’ve created. Click this to edit the new page.

5. Write in your new text for this page. Hit ‘save’ again.

Note: If you are writing an explanation on a page, and want to link to another new page then just write the word in the square brackets. [ ] . Then you can just go through the process again.

Note: If you want to link to a page that already exists then just put the square brackets around the word, making sure it is the exact title of the page you want to link too.

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