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=Welcome to Edgewood Schools= This is a VERY quick overview of creating a teacher interactive webpage, otherwise referred to here as a Wiki. For editing purposes we will use Firefox web browser. Visual editing is not available in Safari, but the wiki can be used in Safari. IBM users can use Internet Explorer. As you begin your own Wiki you may want to watch these tutorials to get an idea of how to create your wiki.

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[|Wiki Tutorials] Take a Wiki Walk Through to gather ideas. [|Wiki Walk Through] Click on Teacher's First Wiki at left to gather some ideas for how you could be using a Wiki. = = = = =ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN?= =THEN LET'S GET STARTED=

== =Creating Your Own Wiki Page= Step 1. Go the the following site and set up a free account for yourself. Make sure you verify that you will be using this site for K-12 educational purposes. [|Wiki Home Page] =Look and Feel= Step 2. In this area you get to pick your theme or layout. Using free wiki, you do not have a lot of choices. You also will pick background colors, the menu color, text color and link color. =Adding a Logo= Step 3. In the future, you may add a logo of your choice, but for today we will add the cougar logo. Click on browse, then click on your public drive. In the technology folder, you will find 3 cougar logos. Click on the first logo and then click save. NOTE: Sometimes logo's are difficult to find because of size requierments. Check out http://www.picsearch.com/search.cgi?q=cougar&cols=5&thumbs=20 Pretty easy so far, right? You are now ready to begin creating your wiki. We will use the theme **Welcome to Miss Smith' Classroom.** Click on home to get started.

=Your Class Web Page= Now to begin setting up your page, click on **edit this page**.

Set up the following Topics on your wiki.

Meet the Teacher: Introduce yourself. Teacher Contact Information: Include your school address, email and school phone number Classroom Rules and Procedures: Class Schedule Create a Blog page for parents to ask questions.


 * Don't forget** to include your new webpage address in your communication information that goes home with your students. For communication purposes you will need to gather email addresses from your parents.

Good Luck and Have a Great Year. Don't hesitate to call on us. We are here to help you and your students use technology effectively. The Technology Department = =