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Wikis, Websites, and Blogs…Becoming a Digital Native

Presented by: Stefanie Rosenberg-Cortes

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Introductions What do you want to get out of this session?

Where are you in your learning?

Why are we here?

To follow along with this presentation go to www.roosevelthighschool.wikispaces.com

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Some Statistics about Digital Natives On average digital natives spend the following amount

of time doing these activities before they go to college-

10,000 hours playing video games Over 200,000 emails and instant messages sent and

received Over 100,000 hours talking on cell phones Over 20,000 hours watching T.V. Over 500,000 commercials seen At the very most, 5,000 hours of reading books

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What is a wiki? What can it do for me? A wiki is a website that can be edited by others. What can it do for me?

Allows you to communicate with parents and students

Allows you to post documents Allows you to post video Allows discussion Allows you to embed a calendar to keep students

updated about assignments The possibilities are endless!

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Examples of Wikis www.mrscortes.wikispaces.com http://dmea.wikispaces.com www.roosevelthighschool.wikispaces.com http://mrwager.wikispaces.com www.dmps20thcentury.wikispaces.com www.dmpshistory.wikispaces.com

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Creating a Wiki

Go to http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

This will allow you to sign up for a wiki that is free of advertisements.

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• Create a username and password.

• Enter a valid email address.

• Create a wiki name. This will be your website name. For example: www.roosevelthighschool.wikispaces.com.

• You only need to enter what will come after www and before wikispaces.com

• Select “protected.” This will allow anyone to see your website, but only those who you choose will be able to edit it.

• Check “I certify this is for k-12 education.”

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The Shell of Your Wiki Should Appear

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Creating Your Home Page

• This is your home or welcome page.

• Do not create a separate homepage.

• Click on edit on the right and delete all of this writing.

• Type whatever welcome message you want here.

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Create a New Page

1. Click on New Page 2. This creates a distinct page from your “home” page and you

can create as many new pages as you want.• For example, you might want to make a new page for

each unit you teach. • Note: New pages will not show up on the left side of

your wiki until you enter content within the page.

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Create a New Page

1. Choose whatever name you would like for your new page and click on the Create button.

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Your New Page

1. Type whatever you want here and click on the Save button.• Reminder: If you do not type anything in the text

section of your new page, Wikispaces will not recognize the new page.

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The Editor Toolbar

This is where you can make what you write Bold, Italic, or Underlined.

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This is where you go to change the font, size of font, font color, or alignment of the font.

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This is where you go to create a numbered or bulleted list.

This is where you go to insert links.

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Uploading a Document

1. To add an image or file (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) place your cursor where you want the file and click on the insert images and files icon.

2. This page will appear. From here, click the upload files tab.

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1. Once you are under the upload file tab, click browse, find the file you want, select it, hit open and then push upload.

2. This will upload it to your insert file page, and you will then need to double-click the file to insert it on your page.

3. When the file inserts into your page (remember you are editing this page, it will look a little funny, but once you save it, the file will look better. • Visual examples are provide

4. Click Save

Double click this file to insert it into your new page.Important: Wherever your cursor is on your new page, that is where the file will go.

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This is what the file will look like until you click the save button.

Uploading a Document

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Uploading a Document

This is what the file looks like after you click the save button.

Note: These adds will disappear in a few days.

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Uploading a Video

To embed a video, click on the embed widget icon and select video from the left.

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Uploading a Video

Select which service provider your video comes from

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Uploading a Video

You will need to open a new window by clicking the Internet Explorer icon so that you can search for the video you want to upload.

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Uploading a Video

After clicking on the video you want, find the embed section to the right of the video, highlight it (it can be pretty long) copy it, and then paste it back on the Wiki.

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Uploading a Video

Right click in this box and paste the embedded code here. Then click Save.

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Uploading a Video

The video should appear on your page. Click Save.

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Uploading a Video

The video now appears on your page. You can simply click play and it will start.

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Adding a Calendar

Go to Google’s home page, click on the down arrow next to more and select calendar.

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Adding a Calendar

You must create or sign in to your Google account.

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Adding a Calendar

Once you have signed in, this is the screen you should see.

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Adding a Calendar

Click on the down arrow next to available calendars and select Calendar Settings.

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Adding a Calendar

Name your calendar and give it a description and continue filling out all the necessary information. Do not click save.

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Adding a Calendar

Click on the share this calendar tab and check the make this calendar public box.

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Adding a Calendar

Click back on the calendar details tab and find the embed this calendar section.

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Adding a Calendar

Copy the embed code.

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Adding a Calendar

Go back to your Wiki and click the edit tab. Once in the edit screen, click on the embed widget icon and select Calendar. Select the Google calendar.

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Adding a Calendar

Paste the embedded code into the window and click Save.

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Adding a Calendar

It will look like this until you click Save.

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Adding a Calendar

Now your calendar is on your page. Whenever you update your Google calendar, it will automatically update on your Wiki.

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How to Manage Your Wiki

Click on Manage Wiki

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Click on Pages to see a list of your pages and to Delete, rename, or lock the page.

Click on Files to see a listof all of the files you have uploaded. You can also delete files here.

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Click on Look and Feel to change the color or style of your wiki.

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Wrap-Up Questions? Comments? How do I keep updated on all this stuff?

Subscribe to the Free Technology for Teachers Blog www.freetech4teachers.com

Explore the internet Ask students

See next slides for examples of Web 2.0 websites.

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Web 2.0 Tools and Other Interactive Websites Slideshare www.slideshare.net

Allows students to upload their PowerPoints online and share with the world.

Voicethread www.voicethread.com/#home Allows group conversations around documents, images, etc.

Gabcast www.gabcast.com Allows the creation of podcasts through your cell phone.

Timerime www.timerime.com Create timelines online that you can add pictures, sound,

and information to. Ning www.ning.com

Create a social network for anything.

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Continued… Qipit www.qipit.com

Turn pictures from your cell phone into documents. Scribble Maps http://scribblemaps.com

Scribble on maps. Open Zine www.openzine.com

Create your own online magazine. Prezi www.prezi.com

Create online presentations in an interactive way. Web 2.0 Tools www.go2web20.net

Hundreds of websites that are identified as the “second-generation” of digital tools.

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Continued… Animoto http://animoto.com

Create short music videos in minutes. UStream TV www.ustream.tv

Create your own live TV show. Survey Monkey www.surveymonkey.com

Create online surveys Online Newspapers www.onlinenewspapers.com

View newspapers online from all over the world. iCue www.icue.com

View thousands of video clips from the NBC archives Mindomo www.mindomo.com

Create online mind maps