Presentation for AAHPERD, April 2009. What is a wiki? How do you use wikis in PE? Step by step creating of a wiki for the use of K-12 PE teachers and PETE educators.
5. In the classroom,
a wiki is a free
tool that
empowers every
student to
participate in
group projects.
6. James has assigned a team research project.
What can he do to encourage the students to work
together, share resources and create high quality work?
7. Three great ways to communicate
with students
Wiki Forum
Blog
Create Converse
Write
Post ideas
Publish
Publish
Respond
Comment Comment
Converse
Post Ideas
Respond
Share
Edit
Collaborate
Engage
8. “It's so easy to create a site
to help guide students along
with projects. I have found
that it's a good way to make
handouts available to
students - I just point them
at the web address. I post
links to my PBwiki sites on
Rockford's site so that
parents can access project
guidelines as well.”
Justin Wylie
Rockford High School
9. Possibilities in Physical Education:
-PE Website for parents/students
-Collaborative website: e.g. creating games
-PE portfolio’s - PE Dictionary
-Brainstorming - Class Notes
-Group Work - Research
-PE teacher network - PE resource
-50 Ways to use wikis in classroom
10. Many types of Wikis: Examples
Free wikis for education!
Read
Wetpaint Wiki: TGfU Wiki
Write
Wikispaces: PE Wiki
Web
PbWiki:
PEAC courses at U of A
Personal Wikis
School PE wikis
11. Mary wants to be sure her
students are
protected from the wider
internet.
How can she make certain
her online site is off
limits to child
predators?
How can she be sure that
her students won’t be
drawn onto the web?
12. YOU control who sees your wiki
You invite your students
Each student has a unique login and
password
14. Jamie wants to make
certain her students act
appropriately on line.
Will her students write
offensive comments?
How can she monitor her
students activity?
15. You have a history of every
edit
You are notified of every
change
16. No more “dog ate my homework”
Edits are time stamped. You know who made
changes and when they were made.
17. Wikis are Free and Easy to set up
No IT department is needed!
22. Teachers can make
coursework and
homework information
easily available to both
students and parents.
With easy to use plugins
you can create a
calendar.
25. Educator wikis are free, fast and ready
to use.
Create one now at
www.pbwiki.com
26. Let’s get practical!
We are all going to build a wiki right
The Web as
a notebook
here, right now.
Don’t worry if you do not know how
and when you will use it as you can
delete the wiki at any time.
Also, you can create a new wiki any
time you want, for free!
27. Steps of creating your own
WIKI
Go to www.pbwiki.com
1.
Click on quot;Try it now“
2.
Click on quot;Create an Academic wiki“
3.
Select the quot;freequot; one
4.
Create a name for your wiki - remember, you
5.
can't change the URL once you create it but
you can always make a new one.
Follow the steps of setting up a wiki
6.
41. Wiki Security
3 Choices!
1) Who can see the wiki
2) Who can edit?
3) Full control: only have
people on it that you
invite.
(This may not be optimal
for a class website as
you may want
parents to be able to
view the content)
42. Notifications & RSS
From experience, I tend
to unclick that so my
students do not receive
multiple emails when
they sign up for the wiki.
You can
change
notifications
when you go to
your personal
account.
44. RSS Feeds
RSS is a method for subscribing to changes
made on your wiki so you can see what has
changed more easily. Most web browsers
include RSS readers, and generally show a
feed icon somewhere near the address bar
(the icon is orange in most browsers, but it's
blue in Safari.)
When you click this icon, you'll see a list of
available feeds. Here's what that looks like in
the Firefox browser.
45. RSS Feeds (2)
Your PBwiki has a few feeds you can
subscribe to:
The Recent Changes feed includes all recent
changes on your wiki, including page edits,
comments, file uploads -- you name it.
Each wiki page has its own feed that only
includes edits and comments on that particular
page
Each folder has its own feed that includes edits
and comments made to any page in that folder
51. Creating a new page/ folder
Creating a folder:
FrontPage
“Page and Files”
“New”
New page or new file
Creating a new page:
Go to front page
Click “Create a Page”
Give your page a name
Put your page in a folder
52. Add a template
If you want your students to use the same
format.
E.g. lesson plans, creating a game, writing a
paragraph, doing a project
You can create a page and by adding the tag
“template”, you create a template that you can
copy.
Let’s have a look at an example:
Jogging project:
http://beginningjogging.pbwiki.com/Jogging-
Project-Template
53. Editing a page
Click Edit
Use the “WYSIWYG” editor – as easy as using
word.
Type away!
Insert pictures:
Insert links/images and files
Upload files (create picture folder/ file folder)
Click on picture/file to insert where cursor is
54. Linking
Creating links between page makes a wiki
more interactive
How to add a link?
Link to other wiki page
Link to new wiki page
Link to folder
Link to URL
Link to Email
Always remember to put the cursor where you
want the link to be.
56. A few final tricks
Remove formatting
Source
Side bar
Page Security
New! Starred Pages, Navigator, Send a
link, Notifications
Help desk
Let’s play around!
57. Try this!
Edit a page
Create a new page
Create a folder
Put the page in the folder
Add a link to page/URL/email
Add a picture
Add a file
Add a gadget
Add a calendar
58. For more ideas check out the PBwiki
educator page. You can find
tips, suggestions, templates and a
community of fellow teacher users.
http://educators.pbwiki.com
59. Thank you!
More info: helenabaert@hotmail.com
Email me if you have any questions or you need assistance with your wiki.