Wetpaint is another wiki site that varies quite a bit from both Wikipedia and Wikispace. When signing up for a Wetpaint wiki, the creator is taken through a series of steps: the easy part, the fun part, and the other part. The easy part allows the creator to name their wiki, determine a theme, choose who can view the wiki as well as who can edit the wiki. The creator may decide that anyone can view the wiki but only the people invited to join may edit it. The fun part allows the creator to choose an interesting background, just like the blogs at Blogger.com. The other part gives the creator the opportunity to invite other users to the wiki. When those three steps have been completed the wiki is ready for editing. Check out Wetpaint now!
Just like Wikispace, Wetpaint has many possible uses in education. Students may use a Wetpaint wiki in the classroom to collaborate on a group project to research, outline, edit, and draft in one place. Teachers can use the space to post assignments, course materials, and study guides. Students, teachers, and parents may work together to create a resource collection of websites, articles, and videos through a wiki. Perhaps you would like to create a classroom newsletter like the sample newsletter I have created.
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Another Great Form of Wikispace to use in Education with staff and students. I know Bellows Spring has one that they use with their staff to share information about technology in their building. It is also used as the platform for staff to submit tech repair requests.
What I like about it is that it's AD FREE!
Sarah, I took a closer look at Wetpaint and loved the set up. The only negative I see is the advertisements on the side. Unfortunately we have no control over what is posted. It nice to assume that it will all be safe for kids to view but there is always that one time it's not. For example, I have a cluster map on my Edublogs that had ads on it. One time I had an ad linking to gay dating websites.
On the more positive side, I think using it for a newsletter is a very good application for its use in the classroom. I loved how you set up your newsletter and I did like the overall design.
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