Wikis in the Classroom Classroom Wikis for Beginners

Why Use a Wiki? Add content that can be edited and maintained in collaboration Create a safe space for students to add, discuss and share content and information Allow for student centered activities Extend your classroom beyond its walls Engage your learners through interactions Enhance your 21 st Century instructional practices.

Instructional Ideas for Wikis Students collaborate on group projects Open student discussions for classroom topics Create web wiki resources for your classes content Solve problems or submit questions for eachother Allow students to build the content

Create Your Classroom Wiki 1.Go to 2.Register for a new wiki account and space. 3.Choose a space name and set visibility 4.Click Create

Manage Your Space 1.Click Manage Space 2.Click List Pages to protect, lock, edit, delete pages 3.Click Look and Feel – to change the Space themes and colors 4.Members and Permissions – Invite or remove members. 5.Subscription –. Request a complimentary upgrade to Plus for K-12 education - Wikispaces is offering complimentary Plus service for any space that is used exclusively for K-12 education. Request yours now.Request yours now 6.Get a Space Badge to embed on another site. 7.Delete your space!

Create Your Home Page Content 1.Click Edit This Page to change page content 2.Editor Tools will allow you to add text, images, widgets and more. 3.Contact Wikispaces to remove advertisements. 4.Monitor Your Space receive s or subscribe to rss feeds

Add Page Content with Editor Tools Bold, Italic, Underline, Text Color, Heading Style Insert Image, Widget, Table, Special Character, Insert Code Numbering, Bullets, Horizontal Line Insert Hyperlink Remove Hyperlink 1.Add content, preview and save/cancel 2.Must use keyboard to cut and paste content 3.Cancel to restore page if necessary 4.Pages can be locked to avoid page edits by wiki members

Add Files and Images 1.Click the Insert Images/Files Tool 2.Click Browse and Upload files 3.Insert or Link to file Double click the image or file 4.Insert External Images from urls

Add Widgets or Embed Code 1.Click Embed Widget Tool 2.Add code from sites to add interactive content to pages

Participate in Page Discussions 1.Click the Discussion Tab on any page to discuss content or topic. 2.All messages can be read by all members.

Add Pages 1.Click New Page 2.Name the Page and click Create 3.Manage Pages in Navigation and In Manage Space – List Pages

Create a Page for Each Student 1.Create a Page for Student Projects or Pages 2.Type each student name on the page 3.Highlight the name and choose hyperlink 4.A New Page with the selected student’s name will be created - Click OK

Create Space Navigation 1.Click Edit Navigation 2.Edit the site navigation just like a normal page 3.Insert text, highlight, select the hyperlink tool 4.Choose the hyperlink - wikispace pages, create new pages, or external urls.

Membership - Joining the Space 1.Students can join your space as a member. 2.Click Join this Space create an account 3.Grant or deny access to your space. 4.Students will need to let you know who they are in the wiki message. 5.Wikispaces will also create student accounts for you. Send a list of student names.