This document provides an overview of wikis and their use for educational purposes. It discusses that wikis can stimulate minds, enhance learning, and engage students. It then defines wikis as web pages that allow for collaboration through edit buttons. Wikis are described as flexible spaces to post activities, assignments, projects, and facilitate communication. The document outlines how to set up a wiki as a manager, create pages, enter text and links, and insert images and URLs. It also discusses inviting members and tips for using wikis.

1. Why Wiki … To… Stimulate Minds Enhance Learning Engage students Presented by Yvonne Nikora and Sandra Cooper July 2010

2. What is a Wiki ? A Wikispace, in simple terms, is a group of web pages with “edit” buttons on them. You can collaborate with anyone you choose on your wikispace. It is a place where you can keep information about your classroom and where you can place independent activities for children to do to support your class programme. It is a place to create and share with teachers, students and parents where you can share and celebrate successes and milestones. Wikispaces are simple enough for anyone to use, but have enough sophistication so that you can be creative and get things done.

4. post homework assignments

5. facilitate a classroom project

6. collaborate with an international classroom

7. communicate with parents or other teachers

9. Decides who has permission to view the wiki.

10. PUBLIC - PROTECTED - PRIVATE - CUSTOM

11. Invites and accepts requests for membership.

12. Sets permissions for members by locking or making pages open for editing.https://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour/permissions

14. Click “Get Started”

15. User name…password (no spaces or capital letters)

16. Protected free

17. Wiki type … K – 12 Education (Primary and Secondary) … join

18. Close “Getting Started”

20. Settings … Look and Feel … Themes and Colours …

21. On your home page create a navigation bar ( think of about 4-5 pages eg: Maths, Literacy, Inquiry Learning etc)

22. Edit navigation … Click in box to remove widget … put your cursor where you want your heading to go Go to link icon … type your heading in the bottom tab …add link . Repeat these steps for all your navigation headings.

23. Creating your page Entering Text Edit Page Type in your text Edit the text using the B, I, U and T icons (to alter size, colour and background of the text) Save

24. Creating your page Entering Links To A New Page: Using the navigation menu, choose the page you wish to work on. Click – Edit Page Write the text link you want on your page e.g. students name. Highlight the name Click on the CHAIN LINK *** Click on ADD LINK Click SAVE on the edit tool bar

25. Creating your page Inserting a URL Open a new tab Choose the URL you want and copy it Return to the wiki page that you are working on Click – Edit Page Paste the URL onto the page Click - Save

26. Creating Your Page Inserting a Picture Find your picture and save it to a known file. Go to the wiki page and put the cursor where you want the picture to be. Click – Edit Page Click on the FILE icon on task bar. Click on UPLOAD FILES. Find and open the picture file Click on the picture, enter the caption (if required) Click on - Save

27. Viewing the WIKI Guests Can access the wiki Cannot edit the pages Can use the links Members Can access the wiki Can edit pages and interact with activities on the pages

28. Inviting Manage wiki Invite People – Enter email address (if they already have an account on wikispaces, use their current wikispaces user name) Personalise the message Click send (The children will receive an email inviting them to join the wiki, they need to accept this and create an account) Go back to MANAGE FILE - now you can view the new members.

29. TIPS When clicking on a url that is on the wiki: Right click on url Open new tab / window This opens the new link on the task bar above your wiki. This enables you to flick between windows without having to go back and lose your place.

30. Explore these Sites eBestICT Cluster http://centre4.interact.ac.nz/spaces/spacemap.php?space_key=13303 Getting Tricky with Wikis http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/ Web 2.0 Cool Tools for Schools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ Nati Cluster http://naticluster.wikispaces.com/LearnatSchool My class wiki url is… http://wokthinksters.wikispaces.com/ School Library Association of NZ Aotearoa http://slanzawiki.wetpaint.com E-books http://rellco.wikispaces.com Into the Book http://reading.ecb.org/