SESSION+OVERVIEW

__** Course Objectives: **__
 * I. SESSION OVERVIEW: **
 * 1) ** Participants will understand various uses of a wiki website; **
 * 2) ** Participants will create an individual wiki website to promote parent & student communication and/or to support learning in the classroom; **
 * Notes for this session: [[file:My WIKI Cheat Sheet.docx]] **


 * __ Course Timeline: __**

(a) Wiki Examples; (b) Set up Wiki account (username, password) (c) Settings: Manage Wiki [layout, logo, educator upgrade] (d) Editing & Linking (e) Inserting [new page, documents & graphics, tables] || (a) Create your "home page" (b) Create 1 or 2 additional wiki pages for use with your classroom Examples: *Your biography or general class info. page *Class Syllabus page *Important Dates/Calendar page *Homework links page *Other useful page of your choice || *Inserting widgets and Web 2.0 projects *Tips and Tricks ||
 * Part 1: || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Getting Started (2 Hours) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">10 min. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Introductions, Sign In, Session Overview ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">50 min. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Getting Started:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">50 min. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Guided practice:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">10 min. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wrap-up, next steps & questions, evaluations ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Part 2: || <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Customizing your wiki--1 Hour ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">50 min. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">*Edit Navigation bar
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">10 min. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wrap-up and evaluations ||


 * II. Wiki **
 * --What is it? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wiki” is the Hawaiian word for “quick”;
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A "wiki" is a Web 2.0 tool that allows you to easily create and edit your own website;
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Like all Web 2.0 tools, a wiki is 1) Free, 2) Simple to learn & use, and 3) Collaborative & easily publishable.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Quick Overview video about the "wiki" concept: media type="custom" key="6388463" __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Some attributes are: **__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A wiki is essentially a web page with an "edit" button allowing users to add and edit information. This provides a very useful, and sometimes powerful, way for the wiki users to collaborate on projects.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In a wiki, anyone and everyone gets to decide what will be said (content), how it will be said (organization), and whether it will be said (dissemination).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It's very simple! YOU can make a webpage. Your students can make a webpage. Your content department or grade level colleagues can make a collaborative webpage. It is simple to make, simple to update, simple to host.

Wikis are a lot easier than web pages

 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wikis ** || **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Traditional Web sites ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It is easy and intuitive to add content to a wiki || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">To edit a web page requires knowledge of HTML or special software ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wikis are web-based, making it possible to edit from any computer on the Internet || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">You can only edit web pages when you are connected to the web server. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Groups can be established with editing privileges || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Web sites usually have strict editing permissions ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The content grows as a result of "collective intelligence" and is self-correcting || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Web sites rely upon the content manager for updates. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wikis invite collaboration || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Web sites are closed and static. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wikis allow the site stucture to evolve || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sites have to be planned and controlled. ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">You can use wikis for: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Suzanne Frachetti's Library Wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Roberts Middle School Projects Wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Medieval Studies Website Creation Wiki
 * --What can I do with a wiki? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Class Website
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Class Notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Podcasting
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Platform for instructional images, video, audio
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Parental / Student Communication
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Lesson Summaries
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Handouts, Homework Assignments
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Course Syllabus
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Course Links and Resource Notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">School or class calendar
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Collaboration of Notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Concept Introduction and Exploratory Projects
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Platform for Learning Beyond the Classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Teacher Information Page
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Showcase for student projects
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Platform for peer review of student work
 * --K-12 Wiki Examples: **
 * __DPS Wikis:__**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Jan Abernethy's 5th Grade Class <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A fabulous site from a gifted teacher and her amazing CyberChickens! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Elementary Math. Patterns <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Several elementary classes collaborated on this wiki about patterns. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The 100th Day Project <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mrs. Lowe's 4th Grade Class <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4th Grade Wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">examples (Dave Sherman) - The students in Sue Barwick's 4th grade class really got excited about the Wikis. Here are some outstanding examples of student work on a Wiki that is directly connected to the curriculum. Students were adding information on their own, without the teacher asking them to.
 * __Elementary Wiki Examples:__**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Science Rules <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is our virtual classroom and a place to explore our solar system. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Collaboration Nation (Paul Bogush) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Our class wiki used for 8th Grade Social Studies. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Missouri History Chapter Wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A review of Chapter 3 of Missouri Then & Now. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Viet Nam Research Project <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">High school Viet Nam war research project all built into a wiki.
 * __Secondary Wiki Examples:__**

__Other Wiki Uses__
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">http://goldrickpd.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wiki Peter made for his school's teachers for PD and other uses <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Faculty Meeting Notes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">One person takes notes right in to the wiki at the meeting. Others can easily change any missed or misunderstood details. Notes are online for those who weren't able to attend <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">DPS Librarian Tool Box <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Created by Antonio at ERS, this is a new place for DPS librarians to access resources and share and swipe best practices. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">http://wonderfulwikis.wikispaces.com/

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 * III. Let's Make a Wiki **

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 * IV. Navigation Bar and Widgets **

=V. Wiki Ethics (from workingonawiki.wkispaces.com)=

When working on a wiki, there are ethics that should be imposed onto students. Think about: Students who have never really worked in an environment that is collaborative, educational, and productive such as this. They are used to instant messaging (IM) where they can say whatever they want, and how they want. They're not used to being held accountable for their ideas and actions. Here is a list of things to cover with students when working in an environment such as this.


 * A few things to consider regarding students:**
 * Identity- All students should have their own password and username. They should understand that they are responsible for everything they say and do on a wiki. All changes will be identified by the user. (See the History Tab)
 * Working collaboratively- This is not always an easy task. This is actually a learned skill that takes time and patience, but much needed. Students should never post negative or derogatory comments about another person. Comments should be written in a positive & constructive sense. Model appropriate comments with sentence stems posted for students to refer to and use. Let's say you want to offer positive feedback. Try starting with "Good idea...how about this one?"
 * Participation- There's always a balance in sharing ideas while working collaboratively. Listening is the key. Sometimes there will be someone who does not participate, and sometimes there will be someone who dominates in participation. The wiki management settings allow you to see exactly who has contributed what to the wiki - a great way to monitor participation and encourage accountability!