Why use wikispaces in the middle school classroom? Directions on creating a wiki.

1. Wikispaces for the Classroom Interactive Web Pages with Built-in Privacy and Protection Lauren Bott, St. Mary Magdalen School (smmbottl@hotmail.com) Presentation can be found at http://bottpresentations.wikispaces.com

2. Background on Use of Collaborative Tools Learning is a social process that requires interaction Requires active learning through participation Can clarify ideas and concepts through discussion Allows for work outside of class

3. What is a wiki? A collaborative web page where membership can be set by the creator. A safe, private, classroom space for classroom discussion and work.

4. Use wikis for what purpose? Information and resources Lesson Summaries Collaboration on Notes Concept Introduction Dissemination of Important Classroom Learning Beyond the Classroom Individual or Group Assessment Projects Postings of classroom video, teacher screencasts Classroom extension beyond school hours Communication

5. Currently Used For What Classes? Library Algebra

6. 1: Current Events, General Interest

7. 2: Resources

8. More Resources

9. 3: Directions

10. 4: Assignment Requirements

11. 5: Forms for assignments

12. 6: Discussion

13. 7: Collaborative Assignments

14. 8: PowerPoint Presentations

15. 9: Video

16. 10: Screencasts

17. Advantages of using Wikispaces Wikis are free to K – 12 educators using the link http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Wikis can be edited from anywhere, anytime Simple to add pages, edit Assignments can be submitted anytime Communication can continue outside the classroom in a safe environment

18. Questions/Discussion about Wiki Use? Problems/Concerns How are you using wikis? If you’re not using them now, can you see the possibility of using them? For what kind of projects?

19. Your Privileges as a Wiki Organizer Set up the wiki name (becomes the address) Setting permissions for the whole wiki Managing wiki members Changing the look and feel Locking pages so no one can edit them Deleting or renaming files and pages Can promote others to organizers as well

20. Managing Your Wiki Look and feel Permissions Inviting people Pages

21. Click on “Manage Wiki”

22. Setting Look and Feel Set the colors and theme of your wiki Upload a custom logo

23. Choose theme and color

25. Manage permissions for individual wiki pages

26. Under “People” click on “Permissions”

28. Inviting Members (with email) Go to Manage Wiki > Invite People to send an invitation email to the people who will be collaborating on your wiki. Just type in up to 100 email addresses or Wikispaces usernames, separated by commas or line breaks, and hit Send.

29. Inviting Members (w/o email) If you are a teacher and need to add a whole class’ worth of student accounts, you can do it all at once by going to Manage Wiki > User Creator. You will be able to make accounts for all of your students, even if they don’t have email addresses.Keep in mind that every Wikispaces username must be unique. Try using numbers, or initials, or a first name-last name combination to create unique usernames.

30. Where? In Manage Wiki

31. Select Your Options to Invite People

32. Look in Tools: Set Notifications

33. If click on Changes Tab,

34. Your main page is set up. Now what? Think about the pages and links you’d like on your homepage. What will students use the most? What do they need easy access to? What is the purpose of the page, and how can you divide it to make administration easier?

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36. Add a Page To add a page, click on New Page in the toolbar. Give the page a title

37. Set Page Name, then click Create Step 1 Step 2

38. To Put Links on Homepage Go to bottom of toolbar and click on “Edit Navigation” These should be links that would be used often

39. Edit Bar Appears Add links to body of page, just below “Include Page List Type name of webpage, highlight, and click “link” Step 2 Step 1

40. Editing Your Page Once you’ve set up your page, you can add: Text Links within text Documents Video Widgets

41. Text Click on the “Edit” tab at the top of the page, and this box will appear Type as you would in Word Font Changes You can always preview your changes and cancel or save Lists

42. Links To insert links, highlight text Click on Edit, and the Link icon Type the address in the External Link tab Then Click Add Link

43. Documents In the edit tab, click on file Type the name of the file you want to upload. It will show up on the screen. Then embed. OR Consider using Slideshare to save documents and slideshows. Use embed code to add.

44. Insert File

45. Slideshare Set up an free account at Slideshare.net Upload any of your documents or PowerPoint presentations. Slideshare will save them under your account, and give you an embed code. Caution: They will be available to the public.

47. Advantages Students can review presentations and information Students have access to documents at home

48. Adding Video From various sources: TeacherTube, Youtube, Youtube.edu, Google The embed code is located beneath or to the right of the video. Copy it.

49. Find Embed Code and Copy

50. To Insert Video: Click on Edit, Widgets. This box will appear. Click on Video.

51. Specify the original location of the video by clicking on box.

52. Paste the embed code (this will place video on your webpage) and save Paste code here

53. Other Widgets: Embedding GoogleDocs Forms

54. Begin by Creating a Form in GoogleDocs Great for online assignments, surveys Go to docs.google.com and click on Create Form Once finished, you have the option of getting an imbed code Click on Form, Embed Form on webpage A box appears with a code Copy the code

55. Embed Code

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