1. Wikis: Exploring Classroom Use Thursday, February 28, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Facilitated by Elinor Appel and Carol Howe Updated for presentation by Carol on: October 23, 2008 Updated May 2010 PowerPoint: http://facweb.northseattle.edu/chowe/workshops/wiki/tlc.ppsx http://facweb.northseattle.edu/chowe/workshops/wiki/tlc.ppsx

2. Read / Edit web We are all potential editors and need to develop those skills. Presents an opportunity to learn collaboration skills. Means we are no longer tethered to our home computers.

3. Wiki Philosophy Based on the premise that more people want to see it correct than incorrect. Therefore, mistakes or vandalism is caught and quickly changed. The ideal is that everyone together is smarter than any one alone. In the case of Wikipedia, one edit occurs every 2-3 seconds. “Everyday thousands of people who have no connection to one another engage in the purposeful work of negotiating and creating truth.” Richardson, Will. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms. California: Corwin Press, 2006.

4. Collaboration Wikis present the opportunity for multiple users to quickly and easily build a website that is hosted “in the cloud”. Meaning that the website is accessible for editing from any browser. A wiki give an opportunity for professionals to join the classroom discussion. Wikis can enable education to extend beyond the time limits of a quarter, giving students an opportunity to remain connected with the material even after leaving the class.

5. “Literacy – is not a matter of knowing what source to use. It is a matter of being able to decide what source to use based on the goal at hand.” Encyclopedias – are established, offering stability, durability Wiki – are user established, dynamic, less durable, with a long tail. If accomplishing your goal depends on having the latest information about a topic and a more comprehensive array of information about that topic, then, a wiki may be useful. Warlick, David. Classroom Blogging. North Carolina: The Landmark Project, 2007.

6. Wiki User Tips When you are creating pages in a wiki it is suggested that you save your work frequently in order to avoid losing the work. Remember that wikis are quick and easy and not the place to attend to finite formatting details. You can receive email notification of pages that have been updated or edited. A wiki will track the changes that were made, telling you who made what change and when. You can quickly undo an edit by reverting back to the previous version (prior to when the edit was made).

7. “The Long Tail” This term refers the concept of making available information about a large number of topics. Some of those topics may be more obscure with information not readily found in standard encyclopedias and other reference materials. More information is made readily available, thus serving more people with wider interests.

8. Examples of Wikis in use at NSCC Committee work - Sustainable Food Site - http://nsccsustainablefood.wetpaint.com/ http://nsccsustainablefood.wetpaint.com/ The Faculty Zone – elearning support for faculty http://nscc-nelsc.wetpaint.com/http://nscc-nelsc.wetpaint.com/ Classroom use: http://nutritionfortheworld.wetpaint.com/ http://nutritionfortheworld.wetpaint.com/

9. Info about and examples of how wikis are used for classrooms. PBWiki – Access a classroom at Penn State Wetpaint - Multiple entries giving explanation of use. Wetpaint - Multiple entries giving explanation of use. Wikispaces – Used by SBCTC Wikispaces –

10. RSS feed - Really Simple Syndication Brings new/most current information to you. With an RSS feed established on a page of your own, information is automatically updated. This can apply to news, topics of special interest, lectures, music, video. This information can come to you in the form of html, images, mp3, podcasts, etc. You can effectively build your own newspaper, have it delivered online daily, and design it so it contains the headlines and topics that interest you.

11. Reference Materials All are available for check out from NeLSC “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.” © 2006 Read/Write Web, RSS, The Social Web, Flickr. “Classroom Blogging a Teacher’s Guide to Blogs, Wikis, & other Tools that are Shaping a New Information Landscape”. © 2007 History, Digital Publishing, Image Blogging. A Practical Guide for A Practical Guide for design and development of e-Learning materials delivery and maintenance of online and hybrid courses preparation and training of faculty utilizing e-Learning modalities Prepared by Tom Braziunas using the text listed below. “Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course” (©2002 Atwood Publishing) by Bonnie Elbaum, Cynthia McIntyre, and Alese Smith.

12. Build your wiki http://wikispaces.com – Easy to use and purchasing privacy at $5 / month or $50./year is reasonable. Produced from Creative Commons. http://wikispaces.com http://www.wetpaint.com - a wide selection of editing tools and lockable pages. http://www.wetpaint.com http://www.pbwiki.com – some issues with customer service/support when using the “silver” package. http://www.pbwiki.com Before choosing a host give careful thought to consider prices, ownership of content, whether pages can be made private. You will likely want the choice you make now to carry through the multiple wikis that you are likely to create. URL : _________________________________ User ID:_______________________________ Password:_____________________________

13. Term References Public / Private – Refers to who can view the site Protected, Permissions, Lockable pages – refers to settings that determine who, of the people allowed to view the site, have permission to edit the page. Page histories, Drafts, Back ups – Are all used as the means to track pages, allowing for the ability to at any time revert back to a previous version. Templates – refer to a style of how each page is meant to function. Eg. Calendar, project, etc. Styles / Themes – refers to the “skin” your wiki wears and is composed of colors, heading and navigation preferences.