1. Wiki Workshop Tech PD

2. Agenda
2:45 Intro to wikis (show wikis in plain English about 2minutes)
2:50 Show example of the MVtech lab wiki and 5th grade wiki
3:00-3:10 Have teachers decide/brainstorm how they want to use the wiki with their grade level.....while everyone is accepting their invitations to the wiki
3:15 -3:25 Use PowerPoint to begin basics of adding content, links, etc to a page
3:30-3:45 Work on their own with us facilitating....  

3. What is wiki?
Definition: a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it
a Web 2.0 technology
a pool of authors develop a site jointly

4. Benefits of wiki Facilitates knowledge building & management
Enhances group collaboration through:
Easy editing (without knowledge of HTML)
Multiple users can edit
Version History and Recent Changes tracking
Share links, resources, and comments
e-Alert of recent changes to the wiki

5. Introduction to PBworks
PBworks ( is a wiki website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simple to use text editor.

6. Accept email invitation
Check your , open e-invitation to join workspace
click
Remember your password!

7. Log in
Log in with pre-defined accounts
cpincomb
ttylurkul

8. Site Navigation Take a few minutes with your team
and discuss how you want to utilize the grade level wiki: (examples)
Classroom Stations
Lesson Plans
Websites
Whole team resources

9. Site layout Settings Editor Features Page content Sidebar

10. Site layout
Comment
Recent Activity

11. Edit a page Click "Edit" Make your edits Click "Save" to
finalize and publish
those changes
click

12. Dragging images or pages
Easy-to-use Editor
Editing functions
Dragging images or pages

13. Create a page Click the "Create a Page" link Name your page
Click "Create Page"  

14. Rename a page
Click to rename page

15. Upload files

16. Add Links - 1 Using “Add Link” icon on top
Highlight text where you want to build a link
Click “Add Link” icon
Insert the “http link” or browse for files / pages if linking to internal files stored in the workspace
http link

17. Add Links - 2 Using right navigation menu Highlight text
Select the pages or the files that you want to link to through the “Insert links” sidebar on the right.

18. Add an image directly
Besides browsing to add a stored image, you can add a viewable image directly
“copy” and “paste”
Image can be resized directly on PBworks

19. Multiple users editing on the same page

20. Insert a Video

21. Organize pages into folders
Create a folder
In the Pages & Files manager, click the "New" button, then click “Create a folder”.
Or you can simply click “add” to create a new folder.
Rename the folder

22. Organize pages into folders
Put a page in a folder
The fastest way to put a page in a folder is to click and drag pages into their folders. Just check the boxes of the pages or files you wish to move and drag them into the correct folder.

23. Edit the SideBar

24. Track changes To see the older versions of a page:
In a page, click “Page history”
Select the pages you want to compare, then click “Compare”.
You can also go to Recent Activity and scroll down to: “more activity”

25. Centralized workspace management
Set notification frequency
Once you have accepted an invite to join a workspace, and set up your password, from now on you can log in from this address:
You don’t need to remember the specific domain address of the workspace, just log in at all the workspaces that you are authorized to access are listed.

26. Additional information
Other important info about PBworks
Create a workspace
Access control
Create student accounts
Tutorials for PBworks
PBworks User Manual
30-second training videos