Wikispaces for Teachers How to use Wikis in Your Classroom?
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Wikispaces for TeachersHow to use Wikis in Your Classroom?
Gyselle North
EHT High School
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What is a Wiki?• A webpage with an Edit button• Easy to use• Perfect for collaborative learning
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Why Wikispaces?
No experience necessary.
You are up and running in minutes.
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Why Bring It To The Classroom?
• Great motivator for students
• Easy to monitor
• Allows for creativity and innovation
• Encourages participation of all students
• Promotes communication between students, teachers,
and parents
• A new, interesting way to learn
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How Can I Use it in a Classroom?
• Simple websites
• Peer-reviewed projects
• Group projects
• Manage school and classroom documents
• Classroom discussion and debate
• Teacher collaboration
• Post classroom assignments
• Collaborate with an international classroomLets check how I am using wikis at the High School: http://ehtlovesfrench.wikispaces.com/
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Getting Started…
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Wiki Terms
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User Account
• User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of username,
password, and e-mail address• Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate• Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages
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Wiki Terms Continued
Wikispaces has different permissions settings for your space• Public: Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace
• Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit
• Private: Only members can view or edit your space
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Editing Your Wiki• Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki.
• Write the text you would like on your page.
• You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more.
• Once you are done editing, click Save.
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Adding Links on Your Wiki• Click Edit This Page.
• Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar.
• Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your space
or another website.
• Click Ok.
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Adding Images to Your Wiki• Click Edit This Page.
• Click the icon that looks like a tree.
• Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open.
• Upload the chosen picture or file.
• Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page.
• Double click the image or file to place it on the page.
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Adding Media to Your Wiki• Click Edit This Page.
• Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar.
• Choose the type of object you’d like to embed.
• Follow the instructions for embedding each object.
• Click Save.
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Time for questions…
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Additional Resources for Teachers
• Wikispaces will create your student accounts for you!– http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers
• Check out the Wikispaces K-12 Educational Community at:– http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
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Thank You
Thanks for listening and watching along.
Now It is time to practice!
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Time for an Activity
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Activity
• Let’s edit a wiki page
• Take the next 15 minutes to edit your wiki’s text, and add an image or a video clip.
Material needed: Packet: Task 1
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Questions?
Contact me any time:
Gyselle North
EHT High school
Wikispace Username: Lilaboop