Editing Your Wiki Adding Links on Your Wiki Adding Images to Your - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Collaborative Learning

with Wikispaces & MyStuDIYo

Stevenson High School The Anatomy Team

The WikiCat Project

Stevenson High School The Anatomy Team

Christina Wood Amerigo Carnazzola Christine Pfaffinger

Please Pick up Handout!

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Why Wiki?

• Cat Dissection:
• 1. Work in groups
• 2. Documentation of work completed
• 3. Create tutorials, share their expertise

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What was tried before Wiki

• Traditional

Lab Report

• iMovie

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Video Tutorials

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction

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What is a Wiki?

• A webpage with an Edit button
• Easy to use
• Perfect for collaborative learning

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Why Bring It To The Classroom?

• Great motivator for students
• Easy to monitor
• Allows for creativity and innovation
• Encourages participation of all students
• Promotes communication between students,

teachers, and parents

• A new, interesting way to learn

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How Can I Use it in a Classroom?

• Simple websites
• Peer-reviewed projects
• Group projects
• Manage school and classroom documents
• Classroom discussion and debate
• Teacher collaboration
• Post classroom assignments
• Collaborate with an international classroom

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Oer to Teachers

Plus Plan is FREE for Educators!

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Wiki Terms

Page 1 Page 2 Space 1 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Space 2 Page 1 Page 2 Space 3 User Account

• User Account: Your identity on Wikispaces, consisting of username,

password, and e-mail address

• Space: A wiki on which you can collaborate
• Page: Each space can consist of multiple pages

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Wiki Terms Continued

Wikispaces has dierent permissions settings for your space

• Public: Anyone can view or edit your Wikispace
• Protected: Anyone can view your space but only members can edit
• Private: Only members can view or edit your space

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Logins for Students

• Setting up Logins for your Students:

http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers#accounts

• If you do not have a K-12 wiki, they can create accounts

for you

Just email help@wikispaces.com with a list of: Usernames Email addresses (if you have them - if you don't just leave them out) Passwords (in the format below & they'll create the accounts for you)

• user1, email1@address.com, password1
• user2, email2@address.com, password2
• user3, email3@address.com, password3

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See Examples of Educational Wikis

• http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples

+of+educational+wikis Several Subjects:

English Math Foreign Language Social Studies

Several Grades Levels:

First Grade Middle School Junior High High School

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Wiki Walk Through

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

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Getting Started

• http://help.wikispaces.com/file/view/

K12_handout_052610.pdf

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Managing Your Space

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Editing Your Wiki

• Click the Edit This Page button at the top of your wiki.
• Write the text you would like on your page.
• You can format it with bold, underline, italics, headings, and more.
• Once you are done editing, click Save.

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Adding Links on Your Wiki

• Click Edit This Page.
• Highlight the text you would like to link and click on the earth icon in the toolbar.
• Another window will appear allowing you to create a link to another page in your space or

another website.

• Click Ok.

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Adding Images to Your Wiki

• Click Edit This Page.
• Click the icon that looks like a tree.
• Browse your computer for the image you would like and click Open.
• Upload the chosen picture or file.
• Place your cursor where you would like the image on the page.
• Double click the image or file to place it on the page.

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Adding Media to Your Wiki

• Click Edit This Page.
• Go to the icon of the TV in the toolbar.
• Choose the type of object you’d like to embed.
• Follow the instructions for embedding each object.
• Click Save.

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Questions?

• Visit:

http://www.wikispaces.com

• Email:

help@wikispaces.com

• Help for teachers:

http://help.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Help

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http://shs-anatomy-cat.wikispaces.com/

The Goal:

Each team will be assigned a body system in the cat. Create an archive of your section of the cat dissection. This archive will serve as a study guide for other high school anatomy students.

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Outline of Objectives:

• 1. During dissection week:
• take pictures
• record detailed notes of your specific section of the cat
• 2. Edit your cat pictures using:
• PowerPoint
• Photoshop
• 3. Create a tutorial of your system, include:
• important anatomy
• important physiology
• 4. Design a quiz
• to test other students after viewing your tutorial
• include anatomy & physiology

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Resources: How to Use Wikispace

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Resources: Rubrics

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Resource: Creating a Quiz

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Quiz Generator: MyStuDIYo

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The Example

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Template

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Discussion

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History

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Other Ideas:

• Body Movements:

Collaborative project between Dance & Anatomy http://shs-anatomy09.wikispaces.com/ Body+Movements

• Biology Final Exam Review

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Day 1: Dance & Anatomy teams meet to review key concepts & for an introduction to the project. Day 2: Dance students showcase prior work using

anatomical terminology.

Day 2: Anatomists work with Dancers to break down each part of their movement.

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Day 3&4: Anatomists create a QuickTime movie using Powerpoint.

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Day 5 : Final projects uploaded to Wikispace by instructors prior to last meeting with students.

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Peer Evaluation Day: Students act out the movements after viewing another team’s movie & provide peer feedback.

Another Application

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Reviewing for the Final Exam Example Project

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Original Graphic-Using Inspiration

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MyStuDIYo Quiz

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Thank You

link to this presentation: http://www6.district125.k12.il.us/science/ anatomy/presentation/wiki.pdf

cwood@d125.org cpfanger@d125.org