1. WIKI-WHATIA?
Start your own Web site that can be edited by anyone
(or no one). You choose.

2. • Go to
http://wiffiti.com/screens/64421
• Type your name and job description in the box
• Click “Post Your Message”
• Throughout today’s training, enter questions about
today’s topic in the box

3. OBJECTIVES
• Use Wiffiti to share • Create a wiki
• What is a wiki? • Add / remove pages
• Why wiki? • Edit pages
• Wiki vs. netStart • Share with others
• Preview wiki functions • Practice
• Log in • Make public

4. WHAT IS A WIKI?
• http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

5. WHY WIKI?
• Communicate class itinerary
• http://unicornwiki.wikispaces.com/
• Communication among students and teacher
• https://sites.google.com/site/kkbrstable/
• House a WebQuest
• http://greekbranding.wikispaces.com/
• House an assignment
• https://sites.google.com/site/elementarymedialiteracyproject/
• http://sites.google.com/site/romeoandjulietthemes/home
• Communication among colleagues
• https://sites.google.com/site/nb9ideas/

6. WIKI VS. NETSTART
• netStart
• part of each teacher’s public face in New Braunfels ISD
• log in at classroom.nbisd.org
• Wiki
• your own way to communicate with students, parents, other
teachers... anyone you choose
• log in and access your wiki through your new Google e-mail account

7. WIKI FUNCTIONS
• Edit a page • Invite others to co-own your site
• Add a file cabinet page • Insert an image
• Add a link to an existing page • Insert a rule line
• Add a link to a new page • Insert a file
• Create a Class Activity Log • Insert a map
• Update Your Class Activity Log • Insert a calendar
• Change the theme • Create a list
• Invite others to collaborate • View revision history

8. EDIT A PAGE

9. ADD A FILE CABINET PAGE

10. LINK TO A NEW PAGE

11. LINK TO AN EXISTING PAGE

12. CREATE AN ACTIVITY LOG

13. UPDATE YOUR ACTIVITY LOG

14. CHANGE THE THEME

15. INVITE OTHERS TO EDIT

16. INVITE OTHERS TO CO-OWN

17. INSERT AN IMAGE

18. INSERT A RULE LINE

19. INSERT A FILE

20. INSERT A MAP

21. INSERT A CALENDAR

22. CREATE A LIST

23. VIEW REVISION HISTORY

24. LOG IN
• Go to mail.nbisd.org
• Log in with your new e-mail credentials
• Click on “Sites” at the top left

25. CREATE A WIKI
• Click on “Create new site.”
• Choose the “Blank” template.
• Name it FirstLastPractice. (example: LauraHearnsbergerPractice)
• Choose a theme. You can always change it.
• Click on “Create site.”
• Note the address or e-mail it to yourself.

26. PRACTICE
• Goto www.themiddle80.com to access a wiki help site. It
contains the information from this presentation.

27. MAKE PUBLIC
This can only be done by a non-NBISD Google account.

28. CREATE A NON-NBISD
GOOGLE ACCOUNT
• Create a personal Google account:
• Go to https://sites.google.com/site/
• Enter your e-mail address .
• Create a password you will remember, but others can't guess.
• Un-check "stay signed in" and "enable web history."
• Fill in the information at the bottom, including the CAPTCHA (weird letters)
• Click on "I accept. Create my Account."
• E-mail the username and password to yourself.

29. NBISD-TX.NET/TLDB
This presentation and more technology support