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Wiki WorkshopTech PD
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....
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
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
PBworks (http://pbworks.com) 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.
Introduction to PBworks
Accept email invitation
Check your email, open e-invitation to join workspace
click
Remember your
password!
Site Navigation
Take a few minutes with your teamand discuss how you want to utilize the grade level wiki: (examples)
Classroom Stations Lesson Plans Websites Whole team resources
Site layout
Page content
http://2011itpm.pbworks.com
Sidebar
Settings
FeaturesEditor
Edit a page
Click "Edit"
Make your edits
Click "Save" to
finalize and publish
those changes
click
click
Create a page
Click the "Create a Page" link
Name your page
Click "Create Page"
Rename a page
Click to rename
page
Upload files
Using “Add Link” icon on topHighlight 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
Add Links - 1
http link
Add Links - 2
Using right navigation menuHighlight textSelect the pages or the files
that you want to link to through the “Insert links” sidebar on the right.
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
Multiple users editing on the same page
Insert a Video
Organize pages into folders
Create a folderIn 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
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.
Edit the SideBar
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”
Centralized workspace managementhttp://my.pbworks.com
Set email
notification
frequency
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
