Wiki

Wikismedia type="custom" key="6560197" align="right" [|Wikis] - Videos to demonstrate features of wikispaces Educational Wikis - Examples, Research and Articles about Wikis,

Class Examples Mr Sheehy's English Page - Great example of a Secondary English class wiki, provides great resources too. Gol Gol Kinder - Great example of how Wikis can be used in Infants/Primary Science Inquirer - Thousands of Free Science Resources, Links, Videos and Podcasts MSC-KS3 Technology - Great example of using a wiki in Food Tech, D&T and ICT to deliver course materials and assessments Race Track Maths - A wiki created to share a primary teaching unit Wiki-Centric Learning - How can you run classes with a wiki?

Useful Wikis Educational Wikis - Extensive list of educational wikis Cool Tools for Schools - Lots of Web2.0 Tools Perk Up Your Projects - More Web2.0 Tool Educational Origami - Looks at Education in the 21st Century and pffers strategies and ideas for how we can adapt our teaching. Litehouse4skools Extenstive collection of resources and information. Mentoring, student engagement, web2.0 tools. Getting Tricky with Wikis - Lots of cool tools to make your wiki stand out.

UNBLOCKING A WIKISPACE FOR SCHOOL USE- courtesy of the CAP Chatter Wiki The DET school line presently blocks all wikispaces for students - teachers can access them though. If you want one for your students you will have to ask for it to be unblocked. Students can access the wikispace from home without needing it unblocked of course.

Download this Word.doc (actually a scanned page on a Word .doc) - **Interim School Guidelines for the Creation of Blog and Wiki Sites** If you follow the guidelines your school wikispace will be UNBLOCKED -
 * [[image:https://ssl.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="https://cap-chatter.wikispaces.com/file/view/wikis_DET%2Bguidelines.doc"]] [|wikis_DET+guidelines.doc]**
 * IN SHORT-**
 * 1) the wikispace MUST be PRIVATE - ie a user name and a password are required to view and/or edit
 * 2) each user MUST have a unique USER NAME and PASSWORD
 * 3) the administrator (usually the classroom teacher or principal) MUST set up the wikispace so that he/she is informed of all updates (ie additions, edits) by email.

Once you have set up your space go to in **My Portal - My Applications** Select: **Internet Filtering - Web Filter Check -** (about half way down the page) and then **Web Filter Check** Use this tool to check if staff or students at your site area are allowed access to specific URLs. Check to see that it is Blocked for Students (it will be) and then click on the link: **Request to Block/Unblock/Categorise a site**

You must identify the actual URL of your wikispace eg https://cap-chatter.wikispaces.com Copy and paste the 10 points below and submit your site to be unblocked
 * 1) The wikispace is PRIVATE - a user name and a password are required to view and/or edit
 * 2) Each user MUST have a unique USER NAME and PASSWORD
 * 3) I as the administrator, am informed of all updates (ie additions, edits) by email.
 * 4) The wiki is private and not visable to search engines.
 * 5) The content of the wiki is curriculum orientated
 * 6) I as the administrator retain full responsibility for all the material on the site.
 * 7) Cyberbullying is dealt with through the school's discipline policy.
 * 8) The site is maintained to ensure there are no inappropriate links.
 * 9) The site will be terminated when it is no longer required.
 * 10) DET copyright provisions are met.

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

Widgets are simple, fun, and useful applications that can be embedded on a webpage, blog, or social media page. Widgets are great because they allow you to easily create customized content with no coding knowledge necessary. If you can type text and choose colors or images, you can make a personalized widget in less than five minutes.

Here are some widgets you can put on your wiki.

[|Clustrmaps] - Add this widget to show what countries visit your wiki the most media type="custom" key="6019175"

[|Voki] - Create talking characters and add them to your wiki media type="custom" key="6019149"

Survey Gizmo - Create Survey and Polls media type="custom" key="6191431"

Clicker Ticker - Create a Counter to let you know how many people visit your page media type="custom" key="6208567"

Use photobucket to download animations to include in your wiki, they can be downloaded using html code (large) or download to your computer and inserted as a file (small - size can be changed), media type="custom" key="6383191"

Use Weather Craven to make a widget to show your local weather media type="custom" key="6568307"

A google search engine from Widgetbox

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Bart Simpson's chalkboard writing - find it at Widgetbox media type="custom" key="6568469"

Proquest - Search engine widgets media type="custom" key="6606793"

Want to create a pop up on your wiki? Type the HTML code below into your "other widget" box

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An interesting widget from Widgetbox Jackson Pollock style media type="custom" key="6568439"