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=Welcome to the World of Wikis.=

Getting Started

 * Click on the edit button above to put your own content on this page.
 * Type in your name below this list
 * Then select your name (as in a word processing selection) click the link button
 * You will see the image shown below which will create your page.



Name list begins here: Algot Runeman - See? I've already done mine. Add your name below mine. My page is made. The link works.

Activities:

 * Then select your name (as in a word processing selection) click the link button and add a page where you will describe yourself briefly and add some goals you think will be interesting to accomplish by way of wikis.
 * Make your page interesting in as many ways as you can.
 * Experiment with the various tools on the toolbar of the wiki to find out how to get fancy text. It works very much like a word processing program, you know.
 * Add a link to the "NERC" page of this wiki.
 * Add a link to an "external" web page so someone can get to that page from your wiki page. (This would be a way to give an assignment or homework page easy access to the information students will need to complete the work.)
 * Add your name to the Participants page by editing the page. Each member of the wiki study group will have a name on the page and also their own page for a brief biography and for experimentation.


 * Make comments on pages created by others - use the "Discussion" tab to add a comment. You could edit the person's page, but that is only appropriate for a page which is designed (by the wiki managers) for multiple editing users.


 * Discuss the wiki tool with the others in your group. Try to decide among yourselves, what makes a wiki compelling for shared work. What kind of project could you and your students accomplish? Could you have students contribute pages to a unit study guide? Think, for example, that each student could be responsible to do an initial creation of a page and then with comments from others, edit and improve the information?
 * Should you get to the point you want to start your own wiki, go for it.

Need Help? ASK!

 * And click on the help link above to learn more about how to use the wiki.