1. ONE STOP-SHOPPING FOR DIGITAL RESOURCES— PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH A WIKI Anita Able Media Library Shawnee Mission USD #512 February 18, 2008

2. What is a Wiki?  "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast”  aka "What I Know Is“ “A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. “ (Oxford English Dictionary, retreived from Wikipedia on 2/4/09, 9:58 AM)

3. Or more Simply…… WebPages for Dummies!

4. Getting Started  (Free) Wikis  Pbwiki www.pbwiki.com  Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com  ZOHOwiki http://wiki.zoho.com  Sign up!  Settings/Access  Join this wiki  Recent wiki updates

5. Creating a Front Page  Headings  Fonts  Format  Color  Appearance

6. Cool Stuff!  Undo!  Links  (Plug-ins)  (not so cool) Autosave  And, for the Super Techno-Nerds…..  (Source)

7. Now Let’s Play!

8. Pulling it all together  Identify your resources  Identify your audience  Organize!  Curriculum Topics  Curriculum Standards  Educational level  Media Source  Media type/format  Personal preferences/priorities

9. Navigation  Internal links  External links  Navigation within page  Return to top

10. Organization  What goes where?  Color coding  When to start a new page  Customization

11. Copying, and Cutting, and Pasting, Oh My!  And now the adventure begins…….

12. Wrap up  Questions? Anita Able Media Library Shawnee Mission School District anitaable@smsd.org 913-993-8717