2. Carol Gaughran, MLS School Library Media Specialist GCSD Superintendent’s Conference Day March 13, 2009

3. Wiki in Hawaiian means fast or quick, and a wikis is just that; a fast way to create a website for your own use.  It’s fast and easy to create  fast and easy to change  Anyone can do it

4. WebsiteWiki Set-upModerate to difficultEasy AppearanceCan be totally customizable if created from scratch. Appearance depends on programming skills. Usually only a few choices of very plain templates UpdatingCan be difficult and time- consuming. Usually need to go through IT department Easy and instant Storing FilesGenerally not availableYes Collaboration/ Communication Not usually; More single direction site. Visitors can only view information, not add to it. Requires expertise to code Multiple users can edit content of pages and post comments

5.  Organize and store all of your information  Password protected so only invited members can view and edit pages  Information can be easily updated  Page history allows you to view and/or revert to old versions

6.  Replace eboards  Communicating with students and families at home  Class projects  Unit planning  Field trip planning  Curriculum mapping  Departmental/team planning

7. PBWIKI.COM & WIKISPACES.COM

8. 1. Go to “pbwiki.com”pbwiki.com 2. Click on “Create an account” 3. Use your GCSD email to create an account 4. Check your GCSD email for notification from pbwiki 5. Click on the pbwiki link in the email to get started 6. Click on “Home” 7. Click on “Create a wiki”

9. 8. Click on “Create an academic wiki” 9. Choose a wiki address name 10. Click on “For Education” 11. Choose “K-12 Classroom” from the dropdown bar 12. Choose “Collaborative Classroom” from the “wiki purpose’ dropdown bar 13. Click “next” 14. Complete security settings and click “Take me to my wiki”

10. Parts of a wiki  Front Page – acts as your home page and will always be the first page people see when they log in  Sidebar – can be used for many purposes, best use is as a table of contents (you can make each entry a hot-link to an additional wiki page)  Create a Page - lets you add new web pages to your wiki

11.  Upload Files - allows you to upload pictures, sound files, videos or documents from your computer or from the internet Now get creative and have some fun!

12. Bellizi, Dominic, Jessica Brown, and James Byers. wikispaces. Dec. 2008. Tangient LLC. 10 Mar. 2009. Lai, Adrienne. "WEB TOOLS FOR STUDENT GROUP SUCCESS." SLAIS/Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Digital Media Project. 10 Feb. 2009. Scribd. SLAIS/Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Digital Media Project. 10 Mar. 2009. Pbwiki. pbwiki. 2009. pbwiki. 10 Mar. 2009. "Seven Wiki Essentials An Executive Guide to the 7 Must-Have Elements of Every Successful Wiki Initiative." pbwiki. 2009. pbwiki. 10 Mar. 2009.