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One Stop-Shopping for Digital Resources— Pulling it all Together with a Wiki

One Stop-Shopping for Digital Resources— Pulling it all Together with a Wiki. Anita Able Media Library Shawnee Mission USD #512 February 18, 2008. What is a Wiki?. "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast” aka "What I Know Is“

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One Stop-Shopping for Digital Resources— Pulling it all Together with a Wiki

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  1. One Stop-Shopping for Digital Resources—Pulling it all Together with a Wiki Anita Able Media Library Shawnee Mission USD #512 February 18, 2008

  2. What is a Wiki? • "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast” • aka "What I Know Is“ “A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. “ (Oxford English Dictionary, retreived from Wikipedia on 2/4/09, 9:58 AM)

  3. Or more Simply…… WebPages for Dummies!

  4. Getting Started • (Free) Wikis • Pbwiki www.pbwiki.com • Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com • ZOHOwiki http://wiki.zoho.com • Sign up! • Settings/Access • Join this wiki • Recent wiki updates

  5. Creating a Front Page • Headings • Fonts • Format • Color • Appearance

  6. Cool Stuff! • Undo! • Links • (Plug-ins) • (not so cool) Autosave • And, for the Super Techno-Nerds….. • (Source)

  7. Now Let’s Play!

  8. Pulling it all together • Identify your resources • Identify your audience • Organize! • Curriculum Topics • Curriculum Standards • Educational level • Media Source • Media type/format • Personal preferences/priorities

  9. Navigation • Internal links • External links • Navigation within page • Return to top

  10. Organization • What goes where? • Color coding • When to start a new page • Customization

  11. Copying, and Cutting, and Pasting, Oh My! • And now the adventure begins…….

  12. Wrap up • Questions? Anita Able Media Library Shawnee Mission School District anitaable@smsd.org 913-993-8717

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