Wikis+How+To

How do I log in? Using a wiki is simple and stress free because you can always go back and correct your mistakes. Take a moment to look at the tabs.
 * 1. WIKI INSTRUCTIONS**
 * Click on //Join This Wiki// listed on the page assigned to your class
 * Your name is your hcps sign in. Example hcps-studentj
 * Click on the //"request membership"// button
 * Sign out and wait for approval from the wiki creator.
 * Your password is your student id number used twice. Example xxxxxxxx.
 * The //Home// tab will always bring you back to this page.
 * The //Page// tab allows you to work on a particular page.
 * The //Discussion// page allows collaboration and comments.
 * The //History// tab allows you to restore previous pages.
 * The //Notify Me// tab allows me to see who has posted material.
 * The //Edit// tab will allow you insert material.

2. **USE RELIABLE INFORMATION** Your information posted must come from a reputable source. That means you must check who wrote/posted the information, how current the information is, and whether it is from a reputable source. [|Google Scholar] is an excellent resource.Remember: just because it is on the web does not make it legitimate. Take a look at this quick video below: media type="file" key="Wikipedia Tutorial_ a guide for students.wmv" width="300" height="300"

You have to credit your sources. Make sure you include citations in your page. Here is a simple webpage that tells you how to do this important detail! How to cite on a wiki []
 * 3. HOW TO CREDIT/SITE INFORMATION**


 * 4. TIPS AND TRICKS**

__**Citation**__ @http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fprojecthelp.wikispaces.com%2FCiting%2BSources?tab=people&uname=coolcatteacher how to properly put citations in your wiki – and yes! you will need them.

__**Google Earth fun**__ @http://www.gearthhacks.com/

__**Artistic Fun**__ bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php allows users to create magazine covers using Flickr pictures blabberize.com allows users to create talking pictures by selecting an image and recording their own voice-overs kerpoof.com allows users to create their own cartoons

__**Video creation**__ www.animoto.com Quick movies with great music you can embed in your wiki www.xtranormal.com makes text into a movie www.animoto.com quick video production with images and music.

[] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://www.musopen.com/] This site allows you to embed music!
 * Free, Legal Music Sites**

[] One governmental agency that takes remarkable pictures is NASA...and we shouldn't be surprised! Heck, they've got some serious cameras in some seriously amazing places, don't they? This link connects to NASA's image gallery, which contains thousands of pictures that your children will find fascinating. With a few clicks of the mouse, you'll be able to find shots of stars, planets and space craft that will spark your imagination---and (like all images taken by government organizations), these pictures are a part of the common domain and not subject to copyright protections.
 * NASA's Image Gallery**

[] As described on the Trek Earth website: "The underlying theme of TrekEarth is learning more about the world through photography. TrekEarth fosters this by allowing photographers to display their work grouped by regions in a supportive and orderly environment. This is accomplished by an easy-to-use system which encourages people to critique each other's work. Integrated with this system are [|forums] designed to encourage discussion about specific photos, countries, and general topics."
 * Trek Earth**

[] One of the most interesting uses for Voicethread has been to engage students in conversations around political cartoons. The images are interesting to students---and are great ways to teach students about bias and hidden messages. This website is a terrific source of political cartoons from around the world. The images are categorized by topic and the artists are categorized by country. If you decide to work with political cartoons, consider sharing images from artists in different countries who have different perspectives about the same issue.
 * Cagle Cartoons**

Let's take a moment to look at some people wiki patterns. Because we are not alone in this world, your ability to act as a team player, in both your personal and professional life, will be the most important skill you can establish and grow. Here are some noticeable patterns of team/wiki contributors. Make sure no one person in your team or you become overboard on these patterns.
 * 5. PEOPLE WIKI PATTERNS AND TEAM WORK ETHICS**

__**Do it all**__
__** WikiGnome **__
 * **What is it?** Sometimes a Wiki[| Champion] can over do it. If they don't trust other people to contribute to the wiki, they may feel the need to step in and make all of the edits and additions themselves. When that happens, no one else on the team ever becomes comfortable using the wiki, because it always seems like the [|Do it all]'s property.
 * **How do I notice it?** If you find someone saying, "Oh, here. just let me do that for you," they may be going overboard. The more experienced team members need to be willing to tolerate some messiness, or some ideas that they may not agree with in order to let the rest of the team become comfortable contributing to the wiki, and feel the sense of ownership they will need to make the wiki successful.
 * **How do I fix it?** Don't let the do-it-all take over work from other team members. Explicitly ask some less comfortable team members of the team to contribute. And if those team members need help, sit //with// them while they create their pages. Offer suggestions, but let them drive. Take breaks, slow down.
 * __ Maintainer __**
 * **What is it?** A [|maintainer] is a person assigned or self-assigned to a page, space or section of a wiki who accountably takes responsibility for the quality of some of the content. Such as a:
 * secretary, collecting information from comments and meetings into the wiki
 * refactorer, collapsing redundancy and inserting organization into a wiki
 * solicitor, encouraging input from community members
 * architect, categorizing pages, creating 'project' and 'overview' pages, assigning meanings to labels
 * **What is it?** A [|WikiGnome]is a person who performs small edits on a wiki to continually improve its overall quality. (A WikiGnome is also often known as a WikiGardener)
 * WikiGnomes are important to the success of a wiki because their edits increase the value of everyone else's content, such as:
 * Cosmetic editing to keep the wiki from being overrun with "weeds" (typos, misspellings, poorly structured sentences and paragraphs)
 * Add or fix links to make sure relevant content is navigable within the wiki
 * Improve the flow and clarity of content improve the readability of the page
 * Setting an example for other users of how and when to use the wiki
 * Usage WikiGnomes tend to be self-selecting. They're people who care about attention to detail, are offended by messiness and will make the small edits that are required to continually improve the quality of your wiki.
 * So if you can't select them, how do you increase gnome-like behavior?
 * 1) When you see someone making a small, cosmetic improvement edit - encourage them.
 * 2) If someone emails you to tell you about a small mistake - show them how to fix it themselves.
 * 3) Make sure that your wiki makes it obvious how to edit a page.
 * 4) Ensure that your people understand there are no barriers to anyone editing (improving) any page. (exemplified by wikipedia's "Be Bold" mantra)
 * They are the //opposite// of [|WikiTrolls], who generally try to get a reaction from the community by posting strongly controversial content or doing disruptive things, like deleting someone else's edits. This rarely happens in environments where users are not anonymous and are associated with their edits.

** WIkiZenMaster **
A WikiZenMaster might
 * **What is it?** A [|WikiZenMaster] is someone who makes format changes to make the wiki more visually appealing.
 * **Usage**. Like a WikiGnome, a WikiZenMaster will add value to content on a wiki by making it a desirable tool to use, making content clearer and easier to use, and maintaining high standards of organization and format on the wiki.
 * ===Example===
 * Add titles or section headings to better organize pages.
 * Add images or diagrams to illustrate content on a wiki page or help clarify a complex process, etc.
 * Add images of the covers of books listed in the bibliography.
 * Add images of the various contributors to a wiki.
 * Separate paragraphs in order to make texts easier to read.


 * 6. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND CREATIVE COMMONS INFORMATION**

[] Utter the word Wikipedia in most schools and you'll be met with grumbles, won't you? Most teachers see Wikipedia---the free online encyclopedia maintained by thousands of Internet users---as the root of all digital evil! "It's unreliable!" we cry. "You can't trust the content that you find there." And while some of those arguments may be true, Wikipedia users are some of the most open content creators in the world. Wikimedia connects to a collection of images and videos posted in Wikipedia that are often copyright free---or free for use in most situations with nothing more than a citation of the original source. This site will introduce you to the Wikimedia collection, which is sorted by category and nothing short of impressive.
 * Wikimedia**

[|http://www.morguefile.com] Like Wikimedia, Morguefile is designed as a warehouse of images that are copyright free and available to any user for any project with little restriction. The photographers who share their images in Morguefile are working to create a set of reference images on common topics for the world to use. They take great satisfaction in lowering the barrier to incorporating high quality photography into school-related projects and often only request an image citation or an email for a picture to be used. As described on Morguefile's website, "The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits. This is the world wide web's morguefile."
 * Morguefile**

[] Flickr is another one of those websites that has probably earned its share of grumble from teachers and district technology leaders in your community, right? Chances are that it may even be blocked by your district's firewall! And while there are legitimate reasons for concern with Flickr---users can definitely find inappropriate content posted by others!---Flickr also has an absolutely INCREDIBLE collection of images that photographers have made available under [|"creative commons" licensing]. Images found in Flickr's creative commons gallery can literally be used for almost any project that is related to education with nothing more than a credit to the original photographer. Because the quality of the images shared in Flickr are so remarkable---and the size of the Flickr CC collection is huge---this is a resource that teachers are going to want to explore when creating Voicethread presentations.
 * Flickr Creative Commons**

[] One of the most valuable lessons that students can learn by using digital warehouses like Flickr Creative Commons is how to give proper citations to the photographers whose images they use. Often, the importance of giving credit to photographers for images is poorly understood by children, who have grown used to Googling for images and using whatever they find. Image Codr is a free service that can help teachers and students to act responsibly when it comes to the use of Flickr images. By coping and pasting the link to a Flickr image into Image Codr, users are automatically informed of the range of uses allowed by the original photographer and given an automatically generated Creative Commons citation for use in digital projects.
 * Image Codr**

[] Recognizing the changing nature of new media, the Library of Congress is working to make as many images as possible available to users in a digital format. This link connects to the Library of Congress's Print Reading Room, which contains almost a million digital images. What makes these images particularly valuable is that they are grouped into user-friendly categories like "People," "History," and "The Environment."
 * The Library of Congress Print Reading Room**