Group+9

1. Introduce yourself and tell your group something about you. 2. Find your own group page in the left hand menu. Click on it - these instructions will appear again. 3. Click 'edit this page' button to put you in edit mode. 4. Decide on a group name - enter it onto your page. 5. Brainstorm a few words onto your page that best describe your group's shared ideas or concepts. 6. Then use this site http://search.creativecommons.org/ to search for pictures based on keywords. 7. Click on "works I can modify". Click on Google. Type your keyword in and click "go". Make sure on the Google page Search only pages that are free to use share or modify is selected and then click images. 8. Find the pic that represents the collective essence of your group and drag it to your desktop (Mac) or right click and choose "save image as" and save to your desktop (PC). 9. Click the picture upload icon in the wiki editor. 10. Browse for the picture on your desktop. Click upload. 11. Insert the cursor in the wiki, where you want the picture to appear. Double click the uploaded image. 12. Make a table 2 columns by 6 rows. 13. Head up the columns with headings - blogs - wikis 14. Enter under each heading 5 examples of how you can use blogs and/or wikis in the classroom. 15. Justify how the use each of these examples supports good teaching and learning. 16. Delete these instructions from your page. (they are on the home page if you need them) 17. Save your page
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Kate's First Wiki




 * **Wikis** || **Blogs** ||
 * Share ideas about a book I have read || Publish my ideas about my own reading ||
 * Receive others' responses to my comments || Encourage others to read the same books ||
 * Elaborate on my ideas after reading others' comments || Daily updates as I read through a book ||
 * Allow others to clarify their thoughts by reading others responses || Books that may be good to read next ||