Wiki's Use for Teachers!!

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
Here are some ways that teachers can use wikis to facilitate teaching, writing development, and learning.
-Provide a space for free writing
-Debate course topics, including assigned readings
-Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscripts
-Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects
-Require students to collaborate on documents, such as an essay written by the entire class
-Discuss curricular and instructional innovations
-Encourage students to revise Wikipedia pages or take on new wikipedia assignments
-Inspire students to write a Wikibook
-Support service learning projects (i.e. use wikis to build a website about a challenge in their city)
These are the places where can teachers find appropriate wiki writing spaces for their classes.
-Writing Wiki is a free online writing spaces for college students or others who love writing.
-Wikipedia
-Wikibooks
-Teaching Wiki is a free space for teachers to brainstorm about pedagogy, research, and theory.
These are some of the ways that teachers could introduce wikis to students.
Introduce students to the rules for writing on wikis. Wikipedia , for example, does not allow for reporting original research. Instead Wikipedia seeks the goals of traditional encyclopedias, to present known knowledge.
Develop a system for recording the efforts and accomplishments of individuals. (You can accomplish this by having students sign the pages they author or contribute to.)
Talk with students about the conventions they will establish for co-authoring texts. At Wikipedia, for example, the authors' names are not listed on the articles. Instead, users need to select history to see who wrote what.
Almost every wiki has a StyleGuide: a guide to the writing customs and the culture of the wiki. Have students collaboratively write a StyleGuide for their wiki. Here's an example of a StyleGuide.
Ask students to play particular roles. One important role is the "Guard"--the person who watches the wiki pages and ensures that spam or bad edits are not entered, undermining the hard work of the wikiauthors.
Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in the curriculum. They’re often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction which teachers are looking for.