Wikis Cluster Presentation
Transcript of Wikis Cluster Presentation
• An interactive webpage • Great for collaborative learning
Wikis in Plain English
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
The world’s easiest to use wiki
No experience necessary. You are up and running in minutes.
Caters for teachers and open to improving services
Develop the product based on what you, our community, wants.
Assistance available for problem solving.
Great motivator for students
Easy to monitor
Allows for creativity and innovation
Encourages participation of all students
Promotes communication between students, teachers, and parents
A new, interesting way to learn
Simple websites
e-portfolios Buckland’s Beach
Group projects
Classroom discussion and debate
Teacher collaboration
Classroom assignment and Homework tasks
Collaboration with an global partners
Inquiry Learning Digikidz Digikids09
Topics:Topics: •What will you grow?
Organization:Organization: •How to keep your garden in order
Marketing:Marketing: •Many hands make light work
WhereWhere to start? to start? With a purposeBased on Student need
Where to stop?Where to stop?Don’t
Chunk It - Not too much at a time
Go to: http://rellcosandbox.wikispaces.com/You will need to first join the space. This wiki is
public which means anyone can join and use.The challenge:
Explore to find out as much as you can about:Managing a Wiki pageAdding, changing and editing pagesUploading media and imagesAdding pages, linking pagesAdding linksAdding members
The SynthesisReport back and share your findings
http://www.wikispaces.com/help+Teachers
Plus Plan isFREE
for Educators!
Page 1 Page 2
Space 1
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
Space 2
Page 1 Page 2
Space 3
User Account
• User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of username,
password, and e-mail address• Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate• Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages
Wikispaces has different permissions settings for your space Public: Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit Private: Only members can view or edit your space
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki.
Write the text you would like on your page.
You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more.
Once you are done editing, click Save.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
Click Edit This Page.
Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar.
Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your space or another website.
Click Ok.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
Click Edit This Page. Click the icon that looks like a tree. Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open. Upload the chosen picture or file. Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page. Double click the image or file to place it on the page.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
Click Edit This Page.
Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar.
Choose the type of object you’d like to embed.
Follow the instructions for embedding each object.
Click Save.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License
RELLCO Wiki - Web 2 Tools - Wikis
Wikispaces will create your student accounts for you!http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers
Check out our K-12 Educational Community at:http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
Tricky hints with wikishttp://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com
Visit us:http://www.wikispaces.com
Email us:[email protected]