Blogs+and+Wikis

= Blogs and Wikis =

WIKI's
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Wiki's as a classroom website
Activity: Someone you admire


 * Step 1:** Choose someone or something (like a team or organization) that you admire


 * Step 2:** Click the link of your name on the left. Then click the edit button

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 * Step 3:** At the top of the page write the person or group you admire. Highlight the text you just wrote and click on the Text Edit Button

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Choose a font, color, and center align your Title. Click OK. Your Title should reflect the changes you just made...if not let me know.


 * Step 4:** Next we are going to make this title a true Heading. Make sure your title is highlighted and click on the Heading Drop down menu and select Heading 1

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 * Step 5:** Answer these questions in your page


 * Give a description about what the person or group does
 * Why you admire about the person or group


 * Step 6:** Add picture of the person or group. Go to [|Google Images] and search for a person or group (I will be searching for the Chicago Bears)

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 * Step 7:** Insert my image into my Wiki

Now let's embed a video into the Wiki

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 * Step 1:**

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 * Step 2:**

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 * Step 3:**

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 * Step 4:**

//**Remember to highlight the Embed code and copy**//
We now have everything we need from You Tube. Lets go back to YOUR wiki page and Click EDIT

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 * Step 5:**

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 * Step 6:**

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 * Step 7:**

Your Video should now be embedded and look like this:

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 * Wiki's as a "showcase home" for projects around the web**

A Wiki can also be a great place for students to "Showcase" work they have done in other Web 2.0 sites.

I want you to pick one of these sites to do the next activity. The content of the activity is the same but it will be represented differently with these different tools.

Activity: We are going to explore the Executive Office of the President. Incorporate each of the councils and the members that make up the council in your final project. Your goal is to incorporate all of the entities that exist within the Executive Office of the President in your final product and display your work in the wiki. If you finish with time remaining choose another tool to make a second project and learn another Web 2.0 tool.

Use this website to gather your information: []

Here are the 3 Web 2.0 tools to choose from:

[|Kerpoof] Cartoon Story

Kerpoof Example [|kerpoof2.pdf]

[|Bubbl.us] Mind Mapping

[|Bubbl.us Example]

[|Prezi] Nonlinear Presentations

[|Prezi Example]

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[|Blogger] is the blogging site we will use to set up a blog

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