Whip Up a Working Wiki in Sixty Minutes or Less!

NECC 2009—BYOL (bring-your-own-laptop) Session, Wednesday, July 1, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150A

Outline

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Outline

In order to accommodate varying experiences and comfort levels of participants, materials will be available on my wiki site to provide step-by-step visual instructions to accompany directions during the presentation, and there will be materials to extend the session experience for those that may want to and be able to move ahead of others.

I. Introduction (5 minutes)
- A. Short Wiki Video
  - i. from Commoncraft.com
  - ii.http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

B. Poll participants to form common purpose pairs/triads
- i. Teachers planning to use wiki with students
- ii. Educators planning to use wiki for own professional purpose
- iii. Educators planning to use wikis for professional development

II. Getting Started (5 minutes)
- A. Wikispaces – 350,000 free educator wikis (Plus subscription)
  - Wikispaces for Teachers - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
- B. Setting Permissions
  - i. Public – Anyone can edit
  - ii. Protected – Anyone can view; only members can edit
  - iii. Private – Only members may view or edit
III. Determining Purpose to Guide Design with Examples (10 minutes)
- A. Display student work or classroom information
- B. Display or create work by multiple contributors (teachers, students, etc.)
- C. Present information that will be changing -- e.g., RSS feeds
- D. Present information that is expected to grow and expand (based on contributions from limited contributors or anyone)
IV. Basic Design (10 minutes)
- A. Colors
- B. Logo
V. Editing (10 minutes)
- A. Mac users must use Firefox, unless using the latest Safari version 4 (now out of beta)
- B. Floating Editor
- C. Text
- D. Links
- E. Images and Files
- F. Widgets
- G. Tables
VI. Embedding Special Capabilities (10 minutes)
- A. Table of Contents
- B. Flickr slideshow
- C. PollDaddy and/or Poll Everywhere
VII. Tracking Changes (5 minutes)
- A. Specific Pages
- B. Entire Site
VIII. Q and A (5 minutes)