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Wiki What? Using Wikis for Teaching and Learning Your facilitator: Kevin Sherman

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Wiki What will we do ? <ul><li>Quick Introduction </li></ul><ul><li>3-2-1 Activity to learn about wikis </li></ul><ul><li>Share Ideas & Questions </li></ul><ul><li>Make your own wiki </li></ul>

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What is a Wiki? <ul><li>A webpage with an Edit button </li></ul><ul><li>Easy to use </li></ul><ul><li>Perfect for collaborative learning </li></ul>

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Why Wikispaces? <ul><li>“ The world’s easiest to use wiki.” </li></ul><ul><li>No experience necessary. You are up and running in minutes. </li></ul><ul><li>There are other good wiki sites: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>PB Wiki </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Wetpaint </li></ul></ul>

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Why Bring It To The Classroom? <ul><li>Great motivator for students </li></ul><ul><li>Easy to monitor </li></ul><ul><li>Allows for creativity and innovation </li></ul><ul><li>Encourages participation of all students </li></ul><ul><li>Promotes communication between students, teachers, and parents </li></ul><ul><li>A new, interesting way to learn </li></ul>

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How Can I Use it in a Classroom? <ul><li>Simple websites </li></ul><ul><li>Peer-reviewed projects </li></ul><ul><li>Group projects </li></ul><ul><li>Manage school and classroom documents </li></ul><ul><li>Classroom discussion and debate </li></ul><ul><li>Teacher collaboration </li></ul><ul><li>Post classroom assignments </li></ul><ul><li>Collaborate with an international classroom </li></ul>

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How does a wiki work?

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Wiki Terms <ul><li>User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of username, password, and e-mail address </li></ul><ul><li>Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate </li></ul><ul><li>Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages </li></ul>

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Wiki Terms Continued <ul><li>Wikispaces has different permissions settings for your space </li></ul><ul><li>Public : Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace </li></ul><ul><li>Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit </li></ul><ul><li>Private: Only members can view or edit your space </li></ul>

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Editing Your Wiki <ul><li>Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki. </li></ul><ul><li>Write the text you would like on your page. </li></ul><ul><li>You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more. </li></ul><ul><li>Once you are done editing, click Save . </li></ul>

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Adding Links on Your Wiki <ul><li>Click Edit This Page . </li></ul><ul><li>Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar. </li></ul><ul><li>Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your space or another website. </li></ul><ul><li>Click Ok . </li></ul>

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Adding Images to Your Wiki <ul><li>Click Edit This Page . </li></ul><ul><li>Click the icon that looks like a tree. </li></ul><ul><li>Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open . </li></ul><ul><li>Upload the chosen picture or file. </li></ul><ul><li>Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page. </li></ul><ul><li>Double click the image or file to place it on the page. </li></ul>

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Adding Media to Your Wiki <ul><li>Click Edit This Page . </li></ul><ul><li>Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar. </li></ul><ul><li>Choose the type of object you’d like to embed. </li></ul><ul><li>Follow the instructions for embedding each object. </li></ul><ul><li>Click Save . </li></ul>

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Time for an Activity

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Getting to the Wiki <ul><li>Get your guest number from Kevin </li></ul><ul><li>Open the .pdf “ Wiki Training Guests ” </li></ul><ul><li>Record your user name and password </li></ul>

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Getting to the Wiki <ul><li>Go to www.wikispaces.com/site/signin </li></ul><ul><li>Enter user name and password from the .pdf “ Wiki Training Guests ” </li></ul><ul><li>Under Favorite Wikis , click “ ShermanTraining ” </li></ul>

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Additional Resources for Teachers <ul><li>Wikispaces will create your student accounts for you! </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Check out our K-12 Educational Community at: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com </li></ul></ul>

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Our Offer to Teachers Plus Plan is FREE for Educators !

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Wikis for Your School <ul><li>Private Label Benefits: </li></ul><ul><li>Self-contained wiki environment </li></ul><ul><li>Unlimited spaces and user accounts </li></ul><ul><li>Safe and secure </li></ul><ul><li>Administrative control </li></ul><ul><li>Wikispaces support </li></ul>Learn more about Wikispaces Private Label at www.wikispaces.com/site/privatelabel

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Questions? <ul><li>Visit us: </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.wikispaces.com </li></ul><ul><li>Email us: </li></ul><ul><li>[email_address] </li></ul>

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Thank You Thanks for listening and watching along. We hope to hear from you soon. Until then, - The Wikispaces Team: Adam, Bisma, Dom, James, and Sarah