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WIKIFY EDUCATION Debbie Iosso Jennifer Fano Randolph Township Schools

December 9, 2008

Madison Hotel

“ Raise your hand if…”

“ The fact is that even if you are the most engaging, old style teacher in the world, you are not going to capture most of our students attention the old way.” Engage me or Enrage me – What today’s learners demand. By Marc Prensky

“ The term Web 2.0 became notable after the first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004.”

“ … students have changed radically…Today’s students are no longer the students our educational system was designed to teach.” Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants By Marc Prensky video clip

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YOUR THOUGHTS?

WIKI IN EDUCATION STUDENT COLLABORATION STAFF COLLABORATION COMMUNITY COLLABORATION

Student Collaboration

Find out what students want to learn Science Post assignments and group projects Language Arts Independent Study / Exam review History

Staff Collaboration

Staff / Curriculum Development SMART Board Training Library / Media Curriculum Meeting Agendas Staff Meetings Administrator’s wiki Stay Connected

Community Collaboration

Resources for parents and teachers Kids First wiki Assistive Technologies Getting input from all stakeholders Understanding By Design Invite an expert Differentiation

Create your own...

What you need to know

INVITES

Public vs. Private

Email to invite

HISTORY

Revert back to prior versions

Evaluation

SAFETY

AUP

8.1 Technology Literacy Standards

FREE!

1. Select a wiki site. www.pbwiki.com www.wetpaint.com www.wikispaces.com

2. Click on CREATE A WIKI .

3. Create an account using your name , email and password .

4. Go to YOUR EMAIL to confirm your wiki. 5. Click on the WIKI LINK .

6. Give your wiki a name Example: http:// yourname . pbwiki.com 7. Select FOR EDUCATION and PB WIKI 2.0 then click CREATE .

8. Choose your wiki SECURITY SETTINGS .

9. READ and ACCEPT the terms.

10. Click TAKE ME TO MY WIKI .

Edit the front page 1. EDIT your page for users. 2. DELETE standard information. 3. TYPE a welcome message. 4. SAVE your changes.

Create a new page 1. CREATE a new page. 2. NAME your new page. 3. SELECT the format. 4. EDIT, TYPE, and SAVE . 5. CLICK FrontPage from the right.

Create a resource page

1. EDIT the sidebar.

2. CLICK on the page where you want the links to appear.

3. SELECT the page link you just created from the list on the right .

4. SAVE your changes.

5. CLICK FrontPage from the right.

Upload files

1. Click EDIT on the new page.

2. Click on IMAGES and FILES .

3. Browse, Choose file and UPLOAD .

4. Click on the page where you want it to appear .

5. Click on the file to INSERT.

6. Click SAVE.

Invite users

1. From the tools on the right select SHARE THIS WIKI .

2. Select USER SETTINGS .

3. Enter EMAIL ADDRESS(ES)

4. SELECT permissions for each user.

5. Click ADD USERS .

Insert a URL link

1. EDIT the page.

2. CLICK on the page where the link is to appear.

3. SELECT the globe and link tool.

4. SELECT the type of page (URL).

5. ENTER or paste URL, SELECT OK and SAVE .

From the Internet:

Go to www.teachertube.com .

Select a video.

Look for "Embeddable" field below the video.

Copy the "Embeddable" code.

On your wiki:

Click EDIT

Select the PLUGIN TOOL

Select YOUTUBE VIDEO .

PASTE the embeddale code into the box

Click PREVIEW and then SAVE .

Insert a Video

Checking Page History

Our wiki Visit our site and wikify education http://wikifyeducation.wikispaces.com Our wiki Visit our site and wikify education http://wikifyeducation.wikispaces.com

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