How to Develop a pbwiki

How to Develop a pbwiki and general thoughtsPB Wiki
· A wiki is an easy-to-use web page that multiple people can edit. It’s like a shared whiteboard online. Don’t worry about getting IT support or installing any software. We handle all of that. You just start typing and get an online classroom in about 5 minutes.
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· Why use PBwiki? No HTML experience required. Create a syllabus, share it with your students, and let them write collaborative essays online. Create online Powerpoint-like presentations right from your wiki.
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· Who else is using PBwiki?We host over 135,000 wikis and thousands of others have used PBwikis for their classrooms, from elementary schools to Stanford and Harvard.

o http://mrlindsay.pbwiki.com is Mr. Lindsay’s beautiful classroom wiki, where he demos his students’ work with book reviews, poems, stories, and tons of other resources. It’s a wiki run “by the students, for the students.”

o http://cas100b.pbwiki.com is another excellent educational wiki. You’ll note the project proposals, class notes, and different sections for different classes.

o http://epochewiki.pbwiki.com is the Penn State English 15 course, which is required for all freshman English students at Penn State.
PBwiki can help you engage with your audiencePBwiki provides educators an easy way to post class room material online and gives students the ability to collaborate through the internet. Check out our video on how PBwiki is helping educators educate.Can’t access YouTube? Check out our video through TeacherTube’s site here: PBwiki helping educators educate.

Also, be sure to check out the rest of our videos and see what educators are saying about us. See the rest of our PBwiki Educator Videos.

Background Paper references and details on how to set up the Wiki are available on

http://pbwiki.com/edu.pb
A tutorial instruction page ins available in pbWiki

http://ndnetworked.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
Our Web 2.0 Wiki is up and running at

http://ndnetworked.pbwiki.com/ED2033-Web-2

ED2203 Lecture 2

ED2033 Networked Learning Lecture 2.
Review of Lecture 1.
Go to the Wiki
http://ndnetworked.pbwiki.com/ED2033-Web-2

Review the overview of Web 2.0 provided. Copy to your own blog.
Under all the software symbols in this Wiki you will find details about pbwiki and how to find it and use it. Copy this to your blog as well.

You will be allocated to a group to create and work on a wiki together.
These will not be friendship groups rather random groups chosen by the lecturer.
The Wiki will be gradually given more and more structure on which you are to build your understanding and knowledge of Web 2.0

To begin with the following issues are to be explored by your team

i) Qualities of a good virtual team

ii) Team rules for working on our wiki

iii) How do we ensure deep learning occurs

iv) The effective use of multiple medias on the wiki

And

v) Review of the work of writers

a. Marc Prensky

b. George Siemens

c. Diana Oblinger

d. Dana Boyd

And

vi) Flickr

a. An analysis of how it works, why it is Web 2.0 and how it can be used collaboratively.
b. A comparison of Flickr with Photobucket will also provide further insights into the nature of Web 2.0
Hyperlinks, Video clips, podcasts and other multiple media is expected to slowly become present in your group wiki. We do not have a wiki on your own. It is meant for collaborative development of knowledge with others.
A.J. Coman

Using Flickr

Creating a Flickr account was quite quick and easy, but requires a Yahoo! ID. I think this will save time for people who already have a Yahoo! ID; however, as I did not have one, I had to sign up.

After registering, I found uploading pictures was quite quick and a similar process to the MySpace photo upload – a process many school children would be familiar with! It just involved searching for the file(s) on my computer and then adding a few custom tags and descriptions.

I like the idea of other people being able to view each other’s pictures and being able to comment. The option to set images to ‘private’ is also a good idea. Flickr helps to make a much greater range of images available on the Internet, especially for categories that may not be as popular as others. It also means that people do not require skills in creating a website and then hoping Google Images or Yahoo! Images one day finds their pictures for other people to view.

My Flickr account with photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11069506@N02/