Wikis in the Classroom

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Wikis in the Classroom

• Barry Bakin
• ESL Teacher Advisor and
• ESL Intermediate Low Instructor
• Division of Adult and Career Education
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• barry.bakin_at_lausd.net
• http//www.tech4esl.blogspot.com
• http//barrytrainsu.pbwiki.com

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Goals for todays 1 hour workshop

• All participants will sign up and get a wiki
• All participants will become familiar with basic
  wiki tools and tasks such as creating, editing
  and reverting to a prior version.
• Remember You can hear Barry but he can not hear
  you! You have to type any questions you have for
  him in the chat area!

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Whats a Wiki anyway?

• A simple way for an individual to publish
  information on the Internet
• A simple way for a selected group of
  viewers/users of the wiki to change the
  information that is presented.
• A way to preserve the changes
• A way to keep a history of the changes

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Some Wiki characteristics

• You can organize the order and relationship of
  pages
• There are ways to determine who can make changes
• You can keep them simple or add other features
• Easy enough that students can learn to make
  changes in one lesson.
• You can add images and/or video clips
• You can undo changes easily

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Some Wikis in action!
The OTAN wiki for Web 2.0 tools (Click on the
Wiki link) http//webtwopointohinadulted.wikispace
s.com/ The wiki my students go to to listen to
mp3 files (podcast instead of a podcast page)
Ive created. http//mrbakinsesl.pbwiki.com/ The
wiki my students are creating in collaboration
with students from Burlington, Vermont.
http//coasttocoast.pbwiki.com/ Wikis created by
former participants of this workshop!
http//independentlearningcenter.pbwiki.com/
(Leila Rosemberg-to post information for the
teachers) http//eslwiki.pbwiki.com/ (Vincent
Nunez-gives his students assignments and has them
post their writing) http//cbetexchange.pbwiki.com
/ (Liz Koenig created this site for CBET teachers
to access and exchange materials and
information)
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Get your own wiki!Remember You can hear
Barry but he can not hear you! You have to type
any questions you have for him in the chat area!
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Go to http//pbwiki.com
Click on Sign up
or this big red button
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Fill in the simple form
Type your email address here
Pick a password thats easy to remember!
Pick a name thats easy to remember!
Select For Education
UNCHECK Yes, please (The default is checked)
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Fill in the simple form
Type your email address here
Pick a password thats easy to remember!
Pick a name thats easy to remember!
Select For Education
UNCHECK Yes, please
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CLICK here!
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Check your email!
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Check your email inbox
Remember You can hear Barry but he can not hear
you! You have to type any questions you have for
him in the chat area!
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Click on the embedded link
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4) Leave Point-and-Click as the default
editor
1) Choose public
2) Pick an invite key
3) Agree to the terms of service
4) Click on the Next button
Invite Keytrainswiki
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Scroll down and and click on No thanks, just
take me to my wiki
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http//barrytrainswiki.pbwiki.com/
Click on Edit page to get started!
Invite key trainswiki
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Use the various editing tools to do just that!
Click Save when youre finished!
Remember You can hear Barry but he can not hear
you! You have to type any questions you have for
him in the chat area!
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Fortunately, fixing mistakes is easy!
Use the Show All Pages link under Wiki
Information
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For more help, contact me at barry.bakin_at_lausd.net
Also, view http//barrytrainsu.pbwiki.com/ Or
afternoons at 213-241-3705
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Homework Assignment!

• Continue to develop your own wiki!
• Visit my Training Wiki at http//barrytrainsu.pbwi
  ki.com/
• and add your new wiki to the list of Participant
  Wikis (Dont forget to include your URL to make
  it an active link and Save before you exit)
• This presentation is also available online at
  http//esl.adultinstruction.org (scroll down to
  Professional Development)
• Invite Key trainsu

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EVALUATIONS!

• Please remember to click on the link to fill out
  the evaluations!
• I hope youll join me and/or the other trainers
  for other presentations in the series.
• http//dev.otan.us/dev/eval
• You can also contact me by way of the wiki, my
  tech4esl blog, or directly by email at
  barry.bakin_at_lausd.net