1. FCP 10-3 Meeting - October 29, 2010
Facilitator: Honor Moorman, ISA, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Agenda
• Wiki Phase Ending
• Video Phase Beginning
• Reminders
• Check-in
“I used to think, and now I know . . .”

2. Wiki Phase Ending
• Collaborative Editing
– Formatting
– Professionalism
– Support & Communication
• Teacher reviewers needed on each page
– Finalize rosters on Teacher page of each wiki by
beginning of next week
– Leave at least 1 comment in discussion each week

3. Wiki Editing – Formatting – Organization & Presentation
• Remove your name from the
content of the wiki page
• Remove instructions
• Change paragraphs from Heading
to Normal text – this will fix Table
of Contents problems
• Remove extra white space
• Show students how you can
check to see what they’ve done
using Recent Changes, search by
user
• Show students how you can
check the history to see the
instructions
• Discourage copying/pasting from
Word or Google Docs – use a
simple text editor before pasting
into the wiki
• Use Wikitext Editor – pull down
under “Save” button
Students’ To Do List Teachers’ To Do List

4. Wiki Editing – Professionalism – Research
• Remove any personal opinions
• Add references to cite
information
• Remove URLs
• Add contextual hyperlinks
throughout text (not links from
ordinary words to Wikipedia)
• Add citations for images and links
to original source
• Remind students this should be
informative wiki (like Wikipedia)
• See Project Help: “Citing Sources
on the Wiki” <ref>MLA formatted
citation with hyperlink</ref>
• Show students examples and
non-examples
• Teach difference between when
you need a citation (reference)
and when you need a hyperlink
Students’ To Do List Teachers’ To Do List

5. Wiki Editing – Support & Communication – Content
• Check the Discussion for
messages from the teacher
supporting your page and
respond to his/her suggestions
• See who your expert advisor is;
check the Discussion for advice
• Leave comments in Discussion
AND using “Save with Comment”
- pull down under “Save”
• Respond to Discussion comments
• Actively coach - Leave notes in
the Discussion (not on page itself)
encouragement, explanations,
suggestions, etc.
• Show students the Expert Advisor
page
• Encourage students to comment
after every edit; show them how
to “Save with Comment”
• Begin every class by checking
latest activity and responding
Students’ To Do List Teachers’ To Do List

6. Video Phase Beginning
• These are individual (not group) videos
• The videos can be about the general topic, not
limited to the student’s subtopic
• Begin planning videos
– Resources available on Project Help wiki
• Request outsourced clips
– Add school and teacher name to “Outsourced
Video Request” page template

7. Reminders
Zero Tolerance Issues
• Profanity in the chat (or elsewhere)
– Ban first, ask questions later
– Stop, Screenshot, Block, Tell and Share
• Plagiarism
– Should be removed immediately
– Message the person who did it through the Ning
– Talk to students about collective implications
*Press release coming out this week!

8. http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2009/09/5-steps-to-online-safety.html