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Wikispaces for Teachers
A Guide to Using Them in Your Classroom
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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 Wikispaces?
• The world’s easiest to use wiki
• No experience necessary. You are up and running in
minutes.
• Constantly bring you new and improved features
• Develop the product based on what you, our community,
wants.
• Highly-praised customer service
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What Our Users Are Saying
“WOW!…I honestly thought my email to you guys was going to be a shout
into the night like it is for most places - but then you responded right
away… [Wikispaces] has become indispensable to what I do.”
-Matt Dilley
"Since I set up a Wikispace for my classes I have received nothing but
positive feedback from parents, students and other faculty members. I
have found a new resource that is easily accessible by students and
parents. It allows parents to find out what their son or daughter is doing in
my courses. Thank you.”
- Blair Simms
"Let me say how impressed I am with your service. It always amazes me
that such an organization still has that personal touch.”
-Westley Field
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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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Getting Started…
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Wiki Terms
• 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
User Account
Space 1
Page 1
Page 2
Space 2
Page 1
Page 2
Space 3
Page 3
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Page 1
Page 2
Wiki Terms Continued
Wikispaces has different 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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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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Time for an Activity
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Activity
• Let’s teach each other about various
countries
• Take the next 15 minutes to edit your
wiki’s text, add links, and add an image
or a video clip.
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Additional Resources for
Teachers
• Wikispaces will create your student
accounts for you!
– http://www.wikispaces.com/help+teachers
• Check out our K-12 Educational
Community at:
– http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
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Our Offer to Teachers
Plus Plan is
FREE
for Educators!
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Wikis for Your School
District
Private Label Benefits:
• Self-contained wiki
environment
• Unlimited spaces and user
accounts
• Safe and secure
• Administrative control
• Wikispaces support
Learn more about Wikispaces Private Label at
www.wikispaces.com/site/privatelabel
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Questions?
• Visit us:
http://www.wikispaces.com
• Email us:
[email protected]
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Thank You
Thanks for listening and watching along.
We hope to hear from you soon. Until
then,
- The Wikispaces Team:
Adam, Bisma, Dom, James, and Sarah
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