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i LOVE wiki! i have used one in my classroom for the last 3 years. i had 2 going this year.

one was for my kids to interact on daily, https://markham.wikispaces.com. it had homework assignments, weekly adgendas, resources, etc.

the second one i started was during our civil war unit in social studies, https://markhamcivilwarmagazine.wikispaces.com/. my kids amazed me with this one. i taught a regular 5th grade class and a gt 5th grade class. my regular students did more of a biography project (either on a general or a battle) and made a photostory. we uploaded the "videos" to teacher tube and then embeded them onto their own page. my gt students wrote a fiction and a nonfiction article on any topic they wanted. they also made a podcast using audacity, the podcast was an advertisement for a product or a service.

i think wikis could be used for any classroom or project.. they are easily updated and maintained.