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=Wikis in the World Language Classroom = Presented by Mina Kim //French Teacher, East Brunswick Public Schools// mkim@ebnet.org

My Wikipage: http://mmekim.wikispaces.com

How to Create a Wikispace

 * 1) Go to this link to receive an ad-free EDUCATOR account: [|Educator Wikispaces Account.]
 * 2) Choose a username and password.
 * 3) Choose a name for your wikispaces. Your address will become: "[chosen name].wikispaces.com."
 * 4) You're ready to experiment. [|Take the tour.]
 * 5) Or try the [|Wiki Teacher's Walkthrough].

What You Can Do with a Wikispace

 * 1) It works like a simple webpage. You can write text, upload pictures, and create hyperlinks.
 * 2) Store documents.
 * 3) Embed videos.
 * 4) Embed widgets. ([|Google Docs] is a favorite of mine.)
 * 5) Keep a list of links. (for general or project use)
 * 6) Schedule projects. ([|Doodle])
 * 7) Promote learning outside of the classroom.
 * 8) Hold a [|discussion forum]. (Students must have their own Wiki accounts. [|Now you can set them up for them]!)
 * 9) Organize your classes! Keep all your units together. Post HW. Post PowerPoints from class discussions. Post student work!

=LET'S PRACTICE in our WIKI WORKSPACE! =

1. How to Write Text, Upload Pictures, and Create Hyperlinks

 * 1) Click on "Edit this page." It works pretty much like a Word document.
 * 2) To post pictures, click on the PALM TREE button on the Wiki toolbar. Upload a picture and insert.
 * 3) To create a hyperlink, highlight the text you want to make into a link and click on the EARTH button on the Wiki toolbar.
 * 4) Enter the appropriate url. Choose if it's a Wiki link (you can create new ones here) or an external link (internet address).
 * 5) Lock/Unlock the page.

2. How to Store Documents

 * 1) To post documents, click on the PALM TREE button in the Wiki toolbar. Upload a document (.doc, .pdf) and insert.
 * 2) Give your documents meaningful names because that's how they will be identified in your wikispace.

3. How to Embed Videos

 * 1) [|Find a video]. ([|YouTube], [|TeacherTube], [|Daily Motion], etc.)
 * 2) Find the embed code. (A big long garbled mess beginning and ending with a "<" and a ">")
 * 3) Copy this code to the clipboard.
 * 4) Click on the TV button in the Wiki toolbar.
 * 5) Choose "Video."
 * 6) Click the program you're using.
 * 7) Paste the embed code.
 * 8) Save.
 * 9) The media will be a gray box in the edit area, and will only appear once you click on the SAVE button in the Wiki toolbar.

4. How to Embed Widgets

 * 1) Find the embed code of the widget you'd like to embed.
 * 2) Click on the TV button in the Wiki toolbar.
 * 3) Everything listed there is a widget, an application that can be embedded in your Wikispace.
 * 4) Click on the corresponding application.
 * 5) Choose the program you're using.
 * 6) Paste the embed code.
 * 7) Save.
 * 8) The media will be a gray box in the edit area, and will only appear once you click on the SAVE button in the Wiki toolbar.

Let's try [|Google Docs]. (You'll need to set up a Google account.)