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=Wikis (Novice): "To Wikis and Beyond!"=

Overview
In this session, you will be oriented with the foundations of wikis. You will create your own wiki and learn the basics on creating pages, editing pages, editing your navigation bar, and performing primary wiki management. The purpose of this session is to help you gain general understanding of wikis so that you can create your own wiki and help others in your school/district create wikis.

Time Allotted
2 hours and 15 minutes (2:45-5:00)

Outcomes
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
 * Create your own wiki
 * Create a home page the explains your wiki
 * Create additional pages within your wiki
 * Perform basic editing of your pages
 * Add images and video to your wiki
 * Edit the Navigation Bar
 * Alter access and the general design of your wiki

Instructional Strategy/Activities
This session will be a working session using a model where you will watch a skill being completed by the facilitator, practice the skill, and then use the skill on the wiki you are designing.

Resources
PC or Mac, an internet browser (preferably FireFox)

Evaluation
Be prepared to share your wiki at the end of the session.

=Lesson=

Step 1: Creating your Wiki

 * 1) Log in to www.wikispaces.com. This will take you to a page that lists every wiki of which you are a member.
 * 2) In the top right corner, click "Create a New Wiki".
 * 1) Name your wiki something relevant for you, such as "LastnameSchool" (eg: dovefridayinstitute) or "LastnameSubject" (eg: dovemath).
 * 2) For Wiki Type, choose "K-12 Education". Press Create.



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Step 2: Creating your Homepage
You are automatically brought to the homepage when you enter your url. Here are the different pieces Changing your homepage
 * 1) The name of your wiki
 * 2) The name of the page you are currently located
 * 3) The navigation bar which lists the pages in your wiki
 * 4) The tabs for the given page. "Page" shows the page. "Discussion" pulls up forums within the page that you create. "History" will show all changes made to the page. "Notify me" can change your notification settings for the given page.
 * 5) Click "Edit" to edit the page
 * 6) Click "New Page" to add a new page to your wiki
 * 7) Click "Manage Wiki" to change general settings for your wiki
 * 8) General Wikispaces information. This includes your login name, notification if you have wikimail, access to your general account, help, and the log in/sign out button
 * Your homepage should help distinguish what your wiki is about. Here are some examples:
 * http://redesigned20biology.wikispaces.com/
 * http://redesigned20algebra.wikispaces.com/
 * http://redesigned20civics.wikispaces.com/
 * http://redesignedenglish.wikispaces.com/
 * Click "Edit" (#5) to change your homepage