Begininng+Wikispaces

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 * Beginning Wikispaces **

**Wikispaces I ** Heather Walzer – Laurel Jr./Sr. High School -- mrswalzer@gmail.com &  Lyn McVicker – Lawrence County CTC -- lynmcvicker@gmail.com

**__COURSE NUMBER __** – WA2

**__DESCRIPTION __** During this two-hour session, participants will learn the basics of Wikispaces creation and design. Wikispaces is a user-friendly, secure way to create websites for students to use through your classes. Information can be disseminated, created, shared, and discussed with students throughout your classes. The session will begin with creating and setting up an account for anyone who needs it. The course will proceed with basic page creation and formatting of themes. Finally, participants will learn how to manage the Wikispaces account and invite members to the Wikispaces.

**__CREATED PROJECT/COURSE OUTCOME __** Participants will create a Wikispaces account with multiple organized pages with plans for future expansion.

**__PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Participants should be able to: <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Access the internet <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Access an email account <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Create a username and password to begin an account

**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">PREPARATION __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Participants should bring: <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Curriculum ideas and/or class work <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Documents (worksheets/notes/labs/PowerPoint/PDF files) <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Plan or outline of a project, unit, or syllabus

**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">TARGET GRADE LEVELS __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">K-12+

**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">TARGET CONTENT AREA __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Content is applicable to all subjects.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">COMPUTER PLATFORM __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Wikispaces is applicable to all computer platforms