Katie –

After a little digging, I would suggest using Wikispaces at www.wikispaces.com

Three types of wiki’s can be produced:

Public (free)

Everyone can view and edit your pages.

Protected (free)

Everyone can view pages, only wiki members can edit them.

Private (first 30 days free)

Only wiki members can view and edit pages.

For the “Protected” wiki, you can email invitations to those who you want to be involved:

The site requires all who are invited to your wiki to request membership. Then the organizer of the wiki is in charge of accepting or denying that membership request. This is a step in the right direction for you. Yet, the wiki will remain open for anyone to view.

I have emailed you a request for the “SAMPLE-FOR-WSR” wiki that I started so you can get a feel for the site.

Please email me with any questions you might have.

Thanks and best of luck with your wiki project!

Paul Mugan

From: Orvis, Jeff
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:10 AM
To: Johnston, Katie; Nelson, Matt
Cc: Mugan, Paul
Subject: RE: Class Wiki

Paul Mugan is often the man with this type of answer. Paul?

Jeff Orvis

From: Johnston, Katie
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:45 PM
To: Orvis, Jeff; Nelson, Matt
Subject: Class Wiki

Hi dudes-

I would like to set up a password protected wiki for next year for my classroom. I would like to only allow parents who have a pass code (or similar security feature) to access it. There are all sorts of yahoos on the internet, you know. Can someone please provide guidance on how to do this?

Thanks!

J Katie

Katie Johnston

1st Grade- Shell Rock Elementary

katie.johnston@wsr.k12.ia.us

(319) 885-4311