Wikis

About Wikis : __Definition of a wiki __

__Common Craft "Wikis in Plain English" __

Murray Hill Middle School __http://mhmsmedia.wikispaces.com __

__http://murrayhill.wikispaces.com __

View the video "Intro to Wikis" __@http://www.blip.tv/file/3469901 __

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Independent Activity : 1. Create a wiki : <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Go to __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.wikispaces.com __ and select "Get Started".

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Select a wiki name that is reflective of yourelf, identify it as "protected", and identify it as "Educational Use". Only use your first name to register your own Wikisite. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Follow on-screen instructions to finish your registration. Make sure to choose "K-12 Educational Use" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Please print out the page after you have created your Wikis and turn in to your librarian. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Select Manage Wiki > Settings > Look and Feel. Select a desired Theme & Color and apply. Insert your school logo or other custom design and save.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Creating pages : <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Click on "New Page" at the top left of the window to create new page. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- To lock pages that you don't want others to alter, click on Manage Wiki > Pages. Select the page you want to control and then lock the page in the upper right corner of the window.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Editing/Saving Content <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Click on a page to edit its content. In edit mode, a tool bar will come up that will allow you to select font customizations and to add bullets, horizontal lines, links, files, widgets, and tables. Click the save button to update the page. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Add internal wiki links and external links by clicking on the "Link" button. For external links, click the"New Window" box to keep visitors from exiting your wiki. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Insert files by clicking on the "File" button. Navigate to the file on your computer, upload it, and click on the uploaded file to embed the link in the wiki.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Discussion/History/Notifications <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Use the Discussion tab to discuss items on a particular page with others. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Use the History tab to look at earlier versions of a particular page (also good to document student work at their wikis) and to roll back to a particular version of a page if it is inadvertently damaged. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Use the Notify Me tab to receive notifications about changes to specific pages (good to track changes in student work and to know to provide feedback). Use Manage Wiki > Tools > Notifications to receive notification of changes to any part of the wiki.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">More Video Tutorials <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour __

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standards : <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AASL: 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.4.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 3.1.2, 3.1.4, 3.2.3, 4.3.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ISTE NETS-S: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2d, 3b, 3c, 4c, 6a. 6b