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 **__Educational Benefits of Wikis __** Wikis are extremely flexible tools that have many classroom, professional development, and administrative uses. ** Classroom: ** Teachers can use wikis as a class management tool to mirror classroom content. A teacher can include notes, worksheets and links to websites on their wiki page. Students can use wikis to collaborative with classmates on assignments. Teachers can also collaborate and discuss lesson plans and curriculum integration, creating a bank of lessons and resources accessible to all. ** Professional Development: ** Wikis can be used for planning workshops or conferences. Trainers can post documents and other resources at the wiki prior to the workshop and have participants create and post their own notes during the event. Later, participants can return to the wiki to further reflect on what they've learned. School can upload professional development materials onto a wiki. Additionally, a discussion forum is associated with each wiki page. This is a great way to elicit feedback during professional development and to keep the conversation going afterwards. ** Administrative Uses: ** Administrators can use wikis to allow teachers, technology staff, and others help create and edit policy documents. They can also post daily notes, announcements and reminders for faculty.

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 **__Creating Your Own Wiki __** Click on the link to access wikispace for teachers: [] 1. Pick a **username** that you will use when you login in future 2. Choose a **password** 3. Enter your **email address** 4. Make a Space? **Yes** 5. Choose a **name** for your wiki space 6. Select **visibility option** - <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Public – A public space can be viewed by anyone and can also be edited by anyone. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Protected – A protected space can be viewed by anyone but can only be edited by members of the space. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Private – A private space can only be viewed or edited by members of the space. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">7. Certify that the space is for educational use by clicking the box <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%;">Finally – click on **Join** <span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 3.75pt 0in 15pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"> **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">WIKISPACE VIRTUAL TOURS __** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">WIKISPACE TOURS 1 ** media type="file" key="Wikispaces - Wiki Tours.mp4" width="300" height="300" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">WIKISPACE TOURS 2 ** media type="file" key="Wikispaces - Wiki Tours2.mp4" width="300" height="300" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">WIKISPACE TOURS 3 ** media type="file" key="Wikispaces - Wiki Tours3.mp4" width="300" height="300" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">WIKISPACE TOURS 4 ** media type="file" key="Wikispaces - Wiki Tours4.mp4" width="300" height="300" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">WIKISPACE TOURS 5 ** media type="file" key="Wikispaces - Wiki Tours5.mp4" width="300" height="300" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">WIKISPACE TOURS 6 ** media type="file" key="Wikispaces - Wiki Tours6.mp4" width="300" height="300" <span style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 3.75pt 0in 15pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"> **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Wikispace Cheat Sheet __**



<span style="background: white; display: block; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 3.75pt 0in 15pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"> **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">What else can I do with my Wiki? __** ** Creating Spaces ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">To create a new wikispace simply click on "Make a New Space" in the sidebar at the left of your screen under "Actions". You can create as many spaces as you like. There are no limits on how big your spaces can be! ** Space Types ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Wikispaces offers three types of space: public, protected, and private ** Public ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;">A public space can be viewed by anyone and can also be edited by anyone. ** Protected ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in;">A protected space can be viewed by anyone but can only be edited by members of the space. ** Private ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;">A private space can only be viewed or edited by members of the space. ** Changing your space type ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">In the 'Actions' menu on the left, click 'Manage Space'. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Under the 'Space Settings' section click 'Members and Permissions' <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">In the 'Space Permissions' section click 'Select' for Public, Protected, or Private ** Editing Spaces ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">There are several changes you can make to your space as a whole. ** Changing the space logo ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">For a space that you've created, you can change the funny little bonsai tree logo as follows: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Click the 'Send File' button ** Changing the space's background color ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">For a space that you are an organizer of, you can change the background color as follows: ** Adding members to a space ** ** Pages ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Each wikispace may contain many pages. Each page is a single web page which can contain content and can link to other pages. ** Creating Pages ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">To create a new page within the current space, use the "Make a New Page" link in the sidebar or just create a link to the new page in the editor. When you create a space, you'll start with one blank page called home. Click "edit" to add content to that page. ** Editing Pages ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Each editable page on Wikispaces has an "edit" button at the top of the page. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Click on the "edit" button to bring up the page editor. The page editor allows you to add text and pictures to a page and to format that page. ** Linking Pages ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">To create a link between pages, highlight the text you wish to link and click the earth icon in the toolbar to add a new link. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">You can always make links to other web pages by just typing the web address, for example: <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|http://wikispaces.com] ** Locking Pages ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Space organizers can lock pages. A locked page cannot be edited by anyone other than a space organizer. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">To lock a page in your space: ** Deleting and Renaming Pages ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">To delete or rename a page in your space: ** Page History ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Each time someone edits a page, we take a visual snapshot of the changes so you can see in a glance how much has changed. Was it one line or the whole page? Click on 'history' at the top of any page to see all changes. Then click on the screenshot to the left of each entry to see a visual representation of the changes. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">You can also compare any two versions of a page by clicking "select for comparison" on one version of a page and then "compare to selected" on another. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Wikispaces will keep every version of every page and make it easy for members to revert back to a previous copy. You'll never have to worry about losing changes or being stuck with a new version of a page if someone makes a mistake. ** Navigation Bar ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">On the left side of each page in your space, you'll see a "Navigation" section which you can edit by clicking the "edit navigation" link under the Navigation section. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The content you put on this special page will show up on every page in your space. It's a nice way to have a common menu across all the pages in your space. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">It's also just like any other wiki page meaning you can put in links, headings, images, lists - anything that can be on a normal page. The only difference is that bulleted lists will not have bullets displayed in order to preserve space. ** Discussion Areas ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Each page has its own discussion area to keep your discussions separate from your wiki pages.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">In the 'Actions' menu on the left, click 'Manage Space'.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">In the 'Space Settings' section on the page, click 'Look and Feel'
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">In the 'Logo' section in the page, click the 'Browse' button
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Browse your hard drive for the image you want to use (jpg, png, or gif, recommended size: 140 x 48 pixels)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">In the 'Actions' menu on the left, click 'Manage Space'.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">In the 'Space Settings' section on the page, click 'Look and Feel'
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">From here you can change the settings for the way your page will look.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click on "Manage Space" under the "Actions" section in the left menu bar.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click on "Members and Permissions" under the "Space Settings" section
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Under the "Invite a New Member" section, enter either the Wikispaces username or the Email Address of the person you wish to add to your space. (Note: If you are unsure whether the person you wish to invite already has a Wikispaces account, or if you are unsure what the person's Wikispaces user name is, enter an email address that you know belongs to the person instead.)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The person you invite will receive an email notification and once they accept, they will be a member of your space.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">You will then be able to manage their membership status on your "Members and Permissions" page.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click "Manage Space"
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click "List Pages"
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click "lock" next to the page you want to lock
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click "Manage Space"
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click "List Pages"
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click "delete" or "rename" next to the page you want to delete or rename

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