Working with Wikis
Seton Catholic School
August 27, 2009

Agenda
• Welcome
• Introductions
• Wiki What??
• Examples of Wikis
• Your Turn
• Getting Help
• Next Steps

What is a Wiki?
• A Web site that...
• enables visitors to modify content
• is easy to use
• permits easy linking to other pages
and documents

Wiki What???
• Wikis in Plain English
• http://www.commoncraft.com/
video-wikis-plain-english

Examples of Wikis
• EduWiki - http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/
• Reporting Back - http://reportingback.wikispaces.com/
• First Grade Classroom - http://b-7bobcats.wikispaces.com/
• Fifth Grade Classroom - http://jabernethy.wikispaces.com/

Your Turn
• Point your browser to:
• http://setonschool.wikispaces.com
• A Look Around
• Navigate to the Prof Development page

Create Your Wiki

A Few Account Tips
• Use first initial last name
• anoonen
• Make note of your password!!
• NO spaces

Permissions

Editing Your Page
• Click on
• One person can edit a space/page at a
time

Edit Toolbar
• Bold • Numbered list
• Italicize • Bulleted list
• Underline • Insert horizontal
line
• Text color,
alignment, shading • Insert hyperlink
(URL)
• Font Size
• Remove hyperlink

Edit Toolbar (Continued)
• Insert images and files
• Embed widgets
• Insert table
• Insert special characters
• Insert code

Begin to Edit
• Enter some text about your class/
classroom
• Enter the following text:
• Visit our school Web site at http://
www.seton-school.com/
• Click Save

Inserting a Link
• If you don’t want to type the entire
URL...
• Click
• Highlight the text
• Click on the
• Click the External Link tab
• Enter/paste the URL
• Click Add Link, then Save

Add A Page
• Click New Page
• Enter the Name of the New Page
• Schedule
• From the Toolbar, select Insert Table

Working with the Table
• Define table

Newsletter Page
• Click New Page
• Enter the Name of the New Page
• Newsletters
• Click the mountain icon in the toolbar

Newsletter Page (con’t)

Newsletter (con’t)
• Position the cursor where you want the
file/file link placed. Double-click o the
file to insert it.

Meet Your Teacher
• Click New Page
• Enter the Name of the New Page
• A Little About Me

Look and Feel
• You can change your Wiki’s theme, color
scheme and logo.
• Select Manage Your Wiki.
• Settings
• Look and Feel
• Logo

• Help for K-12 Teachers
• http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers
• Wiki Walk-Through
• http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
• Video Tutorials
• http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction
• Educational Wikis
• http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

Next Steps
•October session
•TBD
•4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
•November 5th session
•4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
•anoonen@mac.com