Wikis

About Wikis : __Definition of a wiki __

__Common Craft "Wikis in Plain English" __

Wikispace account is like a house and each wiki is like a room in the house, you can design as many Wikis/rooms as you want in your Wikispace/house. Wiki is free.

Independent Activity :

1. Create a Wikispaces account :
- Go to __http://www.wikispaces.com __ and select "I am a Teacher/Student". Then create your Wikispaces account.

**2. Create a Wiki:**
- Select a wiki name that is reflective of yourelf, identify it as "protected." - Follow on-screen instructions to finish your registration. Make sure to choose "K-12 Educational Use" under Wiki Type.

3. Choose your Wiki look:
- Select Manage Wiki > Settings > Look and Feel. Select a desired Theme & Color and apply. Insert your school logo or other custom design and save.

4. Creating pages :
- Click on the "edit navigation page," type the name of the page. highlight the name and click on "link" on the top menu. Click on "New window and then "Add Link."

5. **Editing/Saving Content** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Click on a page to edit its content. In edit mode, a tool bar will come up that will allow you to select font customizations and to add bullets, horizontal lines, links, files, widgets, and tables. Click the save button to update the page. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Add internal wiki links and external links by clicking on the "Link" button. For external links, click the"New Window" box to keep visitors from exiting your wiki. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Insert files by clicking on the "File" button. Navigate to the file on your computer, upload it, and click on the uploaded file to embed the link in the wiki.

Embed a web page or application by choosing widget button, choose "Other HTML," copy and paste the embed code and then save.
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Use the Discussion tab to discuss items on a particular page with others. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Use the History tab to look at earlier versions of a particular page (also good to document student work at their wikis) and to roll back to a particular version of a page if it is inadvertently damaged. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Use the Notify Me tab to receive notifications about changes to specific pages (good to track changes in student work and to know to provide feedback). Use Manage Wiki > Tools > Notifications to receive notification of changes to any part of the wiki.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Discussion/History/Notifications **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standards : <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AASL: 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.4.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 3.1.2, 3.1.4, 3.2.3, 4.3.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ISTE NETS-S: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2d, 3b, 3c, 4c, 6a. 6b