Techtraining 2

WACKY WIKIS using wikispaces as a classroom tool Lori Sheldon April 2009 Monday, April 20, 2009

What is a wiki??? Hawaiian word meaning “QUICK” website that is quick and easy to build free for teachers classroom & home communication collaboration tool Monday, April 20, 2009

Wikis in Plain English Commoncraft Show: Wikis in Plain English Monday, April 20, 2009

Educational Uses Of Wikis share links post homework home/school communication collaborative projects Monday, April 20, 2009

Some Examples... Monday, April 20, 2009

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Joining Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ site/for/teachers Monday, April 20, 2009

Making a Wikispaces account... Monday, April 20, 2009

3 Steps 1. Edit 2. Type 3. Save Monday, April 20, 2009

Editing Your “HOME” Page Click “EDIT” to make changes. Monday, April 20, 2009

Type a “Welcome” message... Monday, April 20, 2009

Changing Font, Color, Size, Alignment Click the PALETTE to make changes in the font, color, alignment... Monday, April 20, 2009

Make changes and click “Apply Styles.” Monday, April 20, 2009

Side navigation = links to other pages Decide what pages you want in your wiki. Subjects? Periods? Topics? Homework? Upcoming events? Calendar Monday, April 20, 2009

Editing the Side Navigation Click “edit navigation” to add your linking pages. Monday, April 20, 2009

Type your page names. Monday, April 20, 2009

Make it a link, by highlighting it, and clicking the little link icon. Monday, April 20, 2009

To link to another page, choose, “Wiki Link.” The name is ﬁlled in for you. Click “Add Link.” Monday, April 20, 2009

You will notice that the word turns blue & is underlined once you create a link. Monday, April 20, 2009

Save when you are ﬁnished. Notice that your links don’t work while you are still editing your page. Monday, April 20, 2009

To add an “external link,” meaning a link that goes somewhere besides your wiki... Click “link” icon, then external link. Type in the address and click “add link.” Monday, April 20, 2009

Add documents to your wiki... First, click: Next... Monday, April 20, 2009

Find the document on your computer. Monday, April 20, 2009

Upload it to the wiki... Monday, April 20, 2009

Add the document to the wiki.... Monday, April 20, 2009

Time to save. Monday, April 20, 2009

What else can you upload to a Wikispace? images, clip art, photos powerpoint, keynote presentations songs, podcasts Monday, April 20, 2009

Widgets/Gadgets... Embedding code in a Wikispace. Monday, April 20, 2009

Select your category.... Monday, April 20, 2009

Paste code that you get from a website.... Monday, April 20, 2009

Cool widgets: http://cffwikiwidgets.wikispaces.com/ Monday, April 20, 2009

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