Working with WikisSeton Catholic School

August 27, 2009

Agenda• Welcome

• Introductions

• Wiki What??

• Examples of Wikis

• Your Turn

• Getting Help

• Next Steps

What is a Wiki?

• A Web site that...

• enables visitors to modify content

• is easy to use

• permits easy linking to other pages and documents

Wiki What???

• Wikis in Plain English

• http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

Examples of Wikis

• EduWiki - http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/

• Reporting Back - http://reportingback.wikispaces.com/

• First Grade Classroom - http://b-7bobcats.wikispaces.com/

• Fifth Grade Classroom - http://jabernethy.wikispaces.com/

Your Turn

• Point your browser to:

• http://setonschool.wikispaces.com

• A Look Around

• Navigate to the Prof Development page

Create Your Wiki

A Few Account Tips

• Use first initial last name

• anoonen

• Make note of your password!!

• NO spaces

Permissions

Editing Your Page

• Click on

• One person can edit a space/page at a time

Edit Toolbar

• Bold

• Italicize

• Underline

• Text color, alignment, shading

• Font Size

• Numbered list

• Bulleted list

• Insert horizontal line

• Insert hyperlink (URL)

• Remove hyperlink

Edit Toolbar (Continued)

• Insert images and files

• Embed widgets

• Insert table

• Insert special characters

• Insert code

Begin to Edit

• Enter some text about your class/classroom

• Enter the following text:

• Visit our school Web site at http://www.seton-school.com/

• Click Save

Inserting a Link• If you don’t want to type the entire

URL...

• Click

• Highlight the text

• Click on the

• Click the External Link tab

• Enter/paste the URL

• Click Add Link, then Save

Add A Page

• Click New Page

• Enter the Name of the New Page

• Schedule

• From the Toolbar, select Insert Table

Working with the Table

• Define table

Newsletter Page

• Click New Page

• Enter the Name of the New Page

• Newsletters

• Click the mountain icon in the toolbar

Newsletter Page (con’t)

Newsletter (con’t)• Position the cursor where you want the

file/file link placed. Double-click o the file to insert it.

Meet Your Teacher

• Click New Page

• Enter the Name of the New Page

• A Little About Me

Look and Feel

• You can change your Wiki’s theme, color scheme and logo.

• Select Manage Your Wiki.

• Settings

• Look and Feel

• Logo

• Help for K-12 Teachers

• http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers

• Wiki Walk-Through

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

• Video Tutorials

• http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction

• Educational Wikis

• http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

Next Steps

•October session•TBD•4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

•November 5th session•4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

•anoonen@mac.com