WELCOME TO WIKIS

A talking head collaboration featuring

Peter Eckstein Sara Shapiro-Plevan

WHAT IS A WIKI? (FROM WIKIPEDIA)

A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, for personal note taking, and in knowledge management systems. Wikis can also be used for pictures, videos and other

applications, for storage of content and materials/

DID YOU KNOW?(FROM WIKIPEDIA)

Wikis are for CREATING, SHARING and COLLABORATING

Wikis are Free Easy WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get.

The word WIKI is from the Hawaiian for “quick”

THIS IS WARD CUNNINGHAM.

March 25, 1995Thanks, Ward.

WHY MIGHT YOU USE A WIKI?

Why might we use a wiki?

WHY A JEA WIKI ?

Wisdom resides in the skills, understandings, and relationships … as well as in the tools, documents, and processes of practitioners in the field.

From Cultivating Communities of Practice, Wenger, McDermott and Snyder,

USING THE WIKI

Getting Started Sharing and Uploading Writing, Commenting and Annotating Collaborating

THE MENUS: WHAT’S THERE?

The Left Hand Menu Managing Your Wiki Creating a New Page

(so that everyone knows it's there)

Tracking Changes: Tracking Evidence of Collaboration

THE MENUS: WHAT’S THERE?

The Page Tabs: The Top Menu Discussion History Notify My profile My wikis

THE WIKI TOOL BAR

Editing a Page

Just like MS Word! Edit, Write and Save. Adding Links How to upload a document Always SAVE

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page open in front of you. Click Edit in the upper right hand side of this page. Click on the "picture" button (File) in the Editor box above. A dialog box will open. Click on the button entitled "+Upload Files". Select from your computer the appropriate files. Once you've selected the appropriate files, click Open. Once it’s uploaded, you’ll return to the upload dialogue box. Click on the appropriate document or documents. The documents should

appear in the wiki page. To the right of your document, you should name your upload. Please use

the following description: Name/Title of Upload (teacher contract, bar mitzvah handbook,

school calendar, etc.). Your name in parentheses following the description.

Once you are finished, you must press SAVE in the Editor box above.

(tested by Peter Eckstein)

WHAT’S ON OUR WIKI?

Welcome to WikisJEA59 Conference

AdministrativaBar and Bat Mitzvah

Jewish HolidaysOur Professional TeamMilestone Experiences

Now let’s take a look around!

WHAT’S NEXT?