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= Workshop Presented by = = Cathy Marziali = = Educ 8847- Multimedia Technology to Facilitate Learning = = Walden University =

In this age of the internet and the accumulation of digital technologies available in our schools, we will explore the digital tools that are available to us and how these tools can be used to enhance teaching and learning. Whether used to create and carry out engaging, multimedia lessons that are student-centered or to share and collaborate with colleagues, wikis are the ideal venue to collaborate and share information and knowledge. In this workshop we will explore how we can capitalize upon these technologies and tools to increase both our students' and our own professional learning.
 * Purpose:**


 * To explore the variety of multimedia web tools and technologies that promote teaching and learning.
 * To create a wiki for classroom use or professional learning/collaboration.


 * Target Audience:**
 * Teachers at Wetzel Elementary School


 * Outcomes:**
 * To create a wiki page for grade level/classroom use or for professional learning/collaboration.
 * To become familiar with at least 3 new web tools that promote and support student-centered instruction.
 * To create a multimedia project for students or educational colleagues that includes at least three web tools.

Wikis have been around since about 1995, but started to gain popularity in the early 2000's. [|//Wikipedia//], a popular free, online encyclopedia wiki made the wiki concept popular as anyone is permitted to edit the entries. While most teachers are familiar with the function of Wikipedia and have explored it, not many have actually participated actively in a wiki. This workshop will give teachers an opportunity to create their own wiki for classroom/professional use and hopefully provide opportunities for students/colleagues to communicate and collaborate about, create, collect and contribute to developmentally appropriate multimedia learning opportunities at school and at home.
 * Gaps:**

=Agenda=

**Pre-Training Activities (90 minutes)**

 * What is a Wiki?
 * [|Introduction to Wikispaces (2:01)]
 * Explore types and purposes of wikis
 * Establish a Wikispaces account
 * Determine if you would like to create a grade level/classroom wiki or a professional learning/collaboration wiki
 * If you decide to create a grade level/classroom wiki, choose a topic of focus from your grade level standards (reading, writing, math, science, etc.) and bring the following to the workshop: 1) a video link, 2) website, 3) photograph(s), 4) document. You may bring the photograph and document on a memory stick or upload them from your teacher drive on the computer


 * OR**
 * If you decide to create a professional learning/collaboration wiki, choose a topic of focus from your area of interest (literacy, math, science, technology, etc.) and bring the following to the workshop: 1) a video link, 2) website, 3) photograph(s), 4) document. You may bring the photograph and document on a memory stick or upload them from your teacher drive on the computer

**Opening Activity** (20 minutes)
Participants will use a[| KWL chart] in Google Docs. Each workshop participant will participate in a collaborative KWL chart, indicating what they already **K**now and what the **W**ant to learn about Wikis. Once the participants have filled out the K and W columns of the chart, the page will be printed. They will use this chart through out the workshop to reflect upon their learning by adding to the L column when they **L**earn something new and scratching out inaccurate information from the **K** column. The chart will be submitted to Cathy at the end of the workshop.

** Personalizing Your Wiki (40 minutes) **

 * Activities**
 * [|**Personalizing Tutorial (1:41)**]
 * **Take some time to plan out a draft of your wiki. Know the purpose of it and think about the kinds of pages that you would like to include. You can always edit as you go along. Just sketch out your vision of what it will be.**
 * **After watching the tutorial above, you should have some ideas on how you would like to personalize your wiki in its format, color schemes, etc.**
 * **Create pages and name them.**

** Adding Files, Pictures and Links (15 minutes) **

 * Activities**


 * [|**Files & Pictures Tutorial (1:31)**]
 * Add a photo
 * Add a link

**Embedding Widgets (60 minutes)**

 * Activities**


 * [|**Widget Tutorial (2:09)**]
 * **Add a video**
 * **Add a Voki **
 * ** Add an interactive game **
 * **Add a widget of your choice**

**Setting Permissions (15 minutes)**

 * [|**Permissions Tutorial (1:26)**]
 * **Set the permissions to private**

**Sending Invitations (15 minutes)**

 * [|**Invitations Tutorial (2:29)**]
 * **Send an invitation to Cathy and at least 2 other workshop participants**

**Evaluation (45 minutes)**

 * **Use the** rubric **to evaluate another participants wiki**
 * **Make a comment under his/her discussion tab**
 * **Complete the** workshop evaluation rubric
 * ** Make a comment under Cathy's discussion tab **
 * **Complete the KWL chart **

