Have you tried creating a project using the new project tab on a Wikispaces wiki? Instructions follow!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are a teacher that loves project-based teaching and connecting with classes around the world you'll know that Wikispaces is the perfect platform to use.  But did you know this? Wikispaces has added an amazing new feature to their free education version platform called <i>Projects</i>. This new feature allows you to create a special place for your project within your classroom wiki. In other words, you don’t have to create a separate project wiki for your classroom projects.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wsdpd.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/wikiprojects.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://wsdpd.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/wikiprojects.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Set up a project for your class within your own Wikispaces wiki</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In your normal classroom wiki you can:</span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Set up a project or even a number of different projects </span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Assign students to teams if necessary (a team could have just one student)</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Control editing and viewing privileges for each team’s space</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Use templates created specifically for that project. A project template can be used as a starting point or home page.</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each team space will have their own copy of the page which means they can interact with it, instead of just viewing it. Templates can include text, graphics, multimedia, links and any number of embeddable resources. Imagine an interactive, multi-media project rubric students can use to document work and self-evaluate as they go!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Teams of students can easily create new pages within their team space that are automatically linked to their home page for easy navigation.<br />Basically, as someone put it, “the Projects feature allows organizers to create a wiki within a wiki!”<br /><br />I think this can best be explained by means of a Slideshare. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div id="__ss_13117661" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-set-up-a-project-using-wikispaces" target="_blank" title="How to set up a project using Wikispaces">How to set up a project using Wikispaces</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13117661" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid;" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><div id="__ss_13247540" style="width: 425px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to create a template using for a project using Wikispaces</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are going to take this one step further now to show how you can create a template page (as many as you like) and add it to each project. This could be the project instructions, the rubric or whatever you choose! Here is the Slideshare with all the details:</span></div><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"></b><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/set-up-a-project-in-wikispaces-using-a-template" target="_blank" title="Set up a project in Wikispaces using a template">Set up a project in Wikispaces using a template</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13247540" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid;" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I can really recommend that you give this a try. Global projects are on the increase and Wikispaces is an excellent platform to use.  </span><br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div></div>

Wikis Have you tried creating a project using the new project tab on a Wikispaces wiki? Instructions follow!

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Add navigation pages to your wiki and write on them!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last week I wrote a blogpost and challenged teachers to consider creating a wiki if they don’t already have one. My post was called  ‘<a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-not-create-wiki-for-your-classroom.html">Why not create a wiki for your classroom’</a>?  A wiki is a superb calssroom tool, really. Well, if you took the challenge and created a wiki, I have some more fabulous tips for you to spruce it up a bit. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Add navigation pages</span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first thing you could so is add navigation pages on the left hand side to give it that website feel. If you would like to do that I have created a Slideshare that could assist you. It is called ‘How to add navigation pages to your wiki'. Take a look:</span></div><div id="__ss_12955901" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-add-navigation-pages-to-your-wikispaces-wiki" target="_blank" title="How to add navigation pages to your Wikispaces wiki">How to add navigation pages to your Wikispaces wiki</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/12955901" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>How to write on a wiki </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">O</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">nce you have done that you might find that wikis are sometimes tricky to write on. But don’t worry as I have created some information on how to write in a wiki. Let me add this an a Box.Net embed.(I love the way one can so easily upload to Box.net and then got an embed code to put the document on a wiki. </span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="400" src="https://www.box.com/embed/988lzc5revrez7e.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="466" wmode="opaque"></embed></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, in the next wiki post that I write I’ll add some information about adding a header and some gadgets to your wiki. Really, for a teacher, a wiki is a MUST in this day and age. </span></div></div>

Teaching Tutorials Web tools Wikis Add navigation pages to your wiki and write on them!

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Why not create a wiki for your classroom?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever considered using a wiki in your class? It can be a fabulous classroom tool with a multitude of uses.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />What is a wiki?</span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. It is like a website but it doesn't require any special knowledge of HTML. Anyone who joins the wiki can write and edit on the wiki which makes it ideal for classroom use. What I like about using a wiki is that it is free and it makes sharing and collaborating on all kinds of content as easy for your students as it is for you. </span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />A great example</span></b></h3><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Watch how this 2nd grade teacher uses a wiki in her classroom. This is an amazing video and gives a good idea of what a wiki is as well as how it can be used: This is not a YouTube video so click on the video link below the picture to be taken to the viewing site. </span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5tHnRsHHFdQ2hwW70bokChEyb9x45k_X8OiqyTdfP1ArHvcY4nVh5PvIL4OIBifwwN9jei-z_AXh2e0hMaqSc5XlwcTYxsfesJolXLFwH8M8wUtwAtRRhTJBxKeo3dpZ1xJ-Jxl03bw/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVM5yViP_MqbVdQJMhDOnCqFLFg6-xWD0frLLzBbZgOd65jnqXJvfTU8rDoJW4xcQFALzRAj2fgcvdl9peQHhOjVJbJyBWei1CADs7CqqXjFOkwUqekdWSYrWeH0pJEFEYLpUTdLrTNE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mistreamnet.com/vidflv.php?who=milearn.connected.wikis.020712">http://www.mistreamnet.com/vidflv.php?who=milearn.connected.wikis.020712</a> <br />(13 minutes)<br /><br /><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Types of wikis</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />It is amazing to see all the ways that wikis are used by educators. I have gathered some of the ideas together and presented them in the Slideshare. </span></h3><br /><div id="__ss_12883071" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/types-of-wikis" target="_blank" title="Types of wikis">Types of wikis</a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/12883071" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Create your own wiki using Wikispaces</span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />If you think you would like to give a wiki a try, I have created some instruction for you. My favourite wiki platform is Wikispaces. They give educators so many free options and have designed their wikis to be really easy to operate. This Slideshare shows you how to create a wiki using Wikispaces.</span></div><div id="__ss_12882714" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-create-a-wiki-using-wikispaces" target="_blank" title="How to create a wiki using Wikispaces"><br />How to create a wiki using Wikispaces</a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/12882714" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A challenge </span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hopefully I have challenged you to give Wikispaces a go. Let me know if you do!</span></div></div>

Slideshare Tutorials Web tools Wikis Why not create a wiki for your classroom?

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