1. USING WIKISPACES WITH YOUR SILVER BIRCH PROGRAM – LETS HAVE SOME FUN! USING WIKISPACES WITH YOUR SILVER BIRCH PROGRAM LETS HAVE SOME FUN!

2. silverbirch Getting starting using wikispaces.com

3. Starting off with the home page. This is what you will see each time you login. Its best to have a separate page to discuss favourite books, otherwise the home page discussion thread will become too crowded.

4. Click on each book cover to take you to that books discussion page.

5. Book page for students to discuss their thoughts.

7. Creating a wiki page.

8. Starting your wikipages by adding text and pictures.

10. Adding a picture from pictures saved in your documents. Once you import a picture to your wiki, it will save the image automatically for you to use again.

11. Tools to edit your picture if you want.

12. ADDING A SURVEY TO YOUR WIKISPACE

13. WIDGET

16. View the reports in different formats – bar graph, pie chart, percentages…

17. Looking at a discussion page.

18. How to add members to your wikispace.

19. tre-peters, silverbirch

22. Only people that you create or invite can access your wiki.

23. Different tools you will find under Manage My Wiki. Just explore!

24. Another Silver Birch wiki using pbwiki.com Thank you to Brenda Roberts from Edenbrook Hill P.S. for sharing her wiki and ideas.

28. Some great discussions about Chocolate River Rescue.

29. Parent Permission Form

30. Some good rules to follow – netiquette. From Brenda Roberts

31. GO GREEN – Do your Silver Birch voting online.

32. Connect voting link to your school website Or connect link to your wikispace.

34. If using Survey Monkey, use Other HTML

35. Share the results with your classes.

36. Its worth the time and effort! Just explore and experiment – have fun!