Why+Wiki


 * Why Wiki **

**Description: ** Come see why Wikispaces was the most used website at PETE&C! This simple but versatile tool can be used in your personal life, between teachers or with classes. Attendants will learn what Wikispaces is, what makes wiki’s unique and powerful, how to edit them. We will also create accounts and start wiki-ing!

**Presenters: ** Lucas Mergen, the Great

**Audience: ** All

**Outcome Goal: ** Understanding and comfort with wiki’s, ideas of how wiki’s could be used in inside and outside of school.

** Introduction (5): HI Lucas **
 *  **What is a Wiki?** [|Hawaiian] word for "fast".[|[5]] []

> > //__ Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. __// > > //Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users//. []
 * // Wiki is a piece of server software that __allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser__. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. //


 * **Wiki's vs. Wikispaces:** A wiki (common noun) is a type of website. Wikispaces (proper noun) is a particular website at [|www.wikispaces.com] Other examples of specific wiki sites are wikipedia, wikihow, wikileaks, etc.


 * **Appeal of Wikis **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Free (for K-12)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Easy Web Pages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Private (or Public)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Collaboration
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Discussion

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Video (5):**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wikis in Plain English: []


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Orientation to Wikispaces (5) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Your account info
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">wiki managment
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">page list/navigation
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tabs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Page
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Discussions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">History
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Notify Me
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Edit
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Edit (write, save, link, toolbar)


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Examples (5): **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wissahicken SD E-Toolbox: http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com
 * New Church Education Wiki: __ http://new-church-education.wikispaces.com/ __
 * Aunt Doreens 9th Birthday Party: __ http://auntdoreens90thbirthdayparty.wikispaces.com/ __
 * BACS 21st Century Education Wiki __ : http://njais-bacs21stcenturyeducation.wikispaces.com/ __
 * Erika Zecher's 3rd Grade: http://sunshinelearners.wikispaces.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ms. Gravatt's 5th Grade http://kegravatt.wikispaces.com/
 * BA College Ed 260: Integrating Technology into the Classroom 2009 http://ed260.wikispaces.com/
 * BA College Ed 260: Integrating Technology into the Classroom 2010http://ed260-2010.wikispaces.com/
 * http://projectexchange.wikispaces.com/
 * __ http://bacpracticeclass.wikispaces.com/Science __

**Questions?**

**Independent Exploration (15-20)**
 * **Suggestions**
 * create a wikispaces account (not required for everthing but extremely useful)
 * request membership to the example wikis that apply to you
 * create your own wiki
 * add a page to the BACS Inservice wiki and try the Edit, Write, Save process (its public so you don't need an account)
 * Go to the Faculty Study page and add content to the page or start a discussion
 * Read and respond to the Why Wiki discussions already started