Wickedwikiworkshop2
- 1. Wikispaces Creating and editing your own wiki
- 2. Table of Contents Objective 4 Grid 5 What and Why 6-7 Give One, Get One 8 Wiki Tutorial 9-10 Practice Page 11-14 Wow With Wiki 15-18 Wiki or Tricky 19-20 Rubric 21 References 22
- 3. Objectives This wiki workshop worked if you are able to: Create and edit a wiki page Think of three different ways you could use a wiki page to enhance learning in your classroom
- 4. Activity Time Group Intro 2 minutes Whole group Give one, Get one 5 minutes Small Groups Wow With Wiki 8 Minutes Whole Group Practice Page 12 Minutes Small Groups Wrap up 3 Minutes Whole Group
- 5. What’s a wiki? A wiki is a simple web page or collection of web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together The collaborative encyclopedia “wikipedia” is one of the best known wikis
- 6. Why Wiki? Students can … collaborate to create and edit web content quickly and easily share their website with others be creative! … and wikis are easier than learning html to make a webpage!
- 7. Wikis to check out … Mr. Cargill’s Class Site http://mrjaysclass.wikispaces.com/ Report Wiki – Collaborative research project on the history of pirates by students in grades 4-6 http://arrrpirates.wikispaces.com/ Sample Wiki http://rosenbel.wikispaces.com/
- 8. Give one, Get one On a blank piece of paper, write down one way you might like to use a wiki page in your classroom Find a partner and tell him or her about your idea. Learn from this person how they imagine using a wiki page
- 9. Visit my sample wiki page Go to http:// rosenbel.wikispaces.com / I made a wiki page about Lots To Gardens To edit, go to “edit page” tab You won’t need to log in, because my website is set to “public” and everyone can view and edit my sample page (you could also set your page to “protected” which means everyone can view the page, but only wiki members can edit, or “private”, which means only wiki members can view and edit pages) Thanks for visiting my webpage!
- 11. Let’s get started! Go to: wikispaces.com 1. Pick a username 2. Set your password 3. Enter your email address 4. Name your wikispace (this name will go here in the url here .wikispaces.com)
- 12. Here’s what it looks like:
- 13. Making it yours: personalize your wiki To change the back round of your wiki, and try out new layouts and color, go to: Manage wiki … and then click on … Look and feel (under settings) Try experimenting with different back round colors and themes! You can also create a cool logo for your group
- 14. Here’s a screenshot of my page with the “Notebook” theme
- 15. Pictures , files, and feeds, oh my! Remember: to upload pictures, click on: -edit page -photo icon (click on “file” to upload images and files) -browse and upload photos from your desktop Don’t forget to save your work!
- 16. Pictures, files, and feeds, oh my! cont. Did you know? You can upload a word document or pdf to your webpage. Just follow the instructions for uploading pictures. You may wish to put your files under a new page. To do that, click on the “link” icon and select “wiki link”. The link will be red until you add content to that page by clicking on your link, and going to “edit page”
- 17. Pictures, files, and feeds, oh my! By clicking “recent changes”, you can see all the new edits and discussion at your wiki. You might want to keep track of the recent edits and discussion posts at your webpage by using a feed-reader such as “bloglines”. Simply click on the “notify me” tab, indicate which wikis you’d like to keep an eye on, and copy and paste the url into a feed reader such as blogline. Viola! You can view recent changes all in one place.
- 18. Personal Settings Click on your username to change your settings. You can bookmark pages by putting a star next to them. You can also change your email, or time zone here. You could have email notifications sent to you if someone responds to your discussion post. You can also upload a picture that will appear with your username whenever you make an edit!
- 19. From the hat, you will randomly select a task from this list: -make headings of different sizes -create an internal link -create an external link -upload a photo -upload a file such as a word document or pdf -change the theme of your page cont. Wiki or Tricky
- 20. Wiki or Tricky cont. Teach your partner how to make a change to their website!
- 21. I appreciate your feedback! Descriptor Yes No Comments Content conveyed clearly Preparation and organization apparent Positive, audible, enthusiastic Responsive to participants: pace, depth, can respond to questions
- 22. References www.wikispaces.com http:// en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wiki http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/fall08tor/Main_Page http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/fall08tor/cgi_img_auth.php/4/42/Wikicheatsheet.pdf
Editor's Notes
- #4: In addition to a chance to noodle around on the site and get some practice making a wiki, we’ll start by brainstorming ways that creating a webpage would be a good learning experience … field trips, reports, sharing science fair projects, research projects, shared bibliographies for group projects?
- #5: This is my time grid; I’ve condensed wiki tutorial into the ‘wow with wiki’ section. The practice page part of the workshop includes the small group activity ‘wiki or tricky’. Wrap up is for any questions.
- #6: (Wiki is a Hawaiian word for fast… there is a wiki wiki shuttle at honolulu airport) Making a wiki page is sort of like html, or hypertext markup language, in that there is text that surrounds webpage content and designates what the text should look like = = for section headings, * for bulleted lists (** to indent further), ‘’ for italics, and “” for bold … (in contrast, for bold in html, you enclose the text in<em>< em> use <h1> <h1> for headings etcetcetc At wikispaces, you can perform all these functions using a tool bar that looks a lot like what you might use for microsoft word, so it’s very intuitive.
- #11: Here’s a screenshot of my wiki page. Go to ltg wiki Go to ltg photos Edit page Show how to make headings, make an external link, make an internal link, upload pictures to internal link
- #12: gslisstudents@wikispace.com, familytrips@wikispace.com, lis431@wikispace.com for example Go to ‘edit page’ This is the point where participants will create their webpages
- #16: You can upload pdf and excel files the same way. If you want your files or photos on another page within your website, click the “link” icon. Select wiki link. The link will appear red in your page until you add content to it. To add content, click on your link. Then go to “edit page” from here you can upload your photos etc. You can double click on any photo to get the “image properties” box to appear. From there, you can add or edit the caption, etc.
- #20: This is our small group activity. By now, participants will have had a chance to try making a wiki page. For this activity, you’ll select a task and show another workshop participant how to make this change to their website. Then swap roles. This is a good time to ask questions from other workshop participants and the facilitator.
- #21: If you get stuck, go to “wikispaces” and check out the series of brief tours
- #23: Thank you for coming to this workshop!!!