Week 4: Final reflection

Well, our course has come to an end. I really hope that you managed to create a wiki. If not, I hope you plan to still create one. Please let me know where you are at with it all in this final reflection. As with our other SchoolNet courses you have till the end of the following month (which is the end of June) to complete the requirements for receiving a Certificate of Participation from SchoolNet.

Here is a reminder of the requirements:

a) Make a wiki (which includes adding a couple of navigation pages and one item such as a gadget, video etc). Also send me the address.

b) Write three reflection comments in the posts provided. These are indicated on the wiki - week 2, week 3 and this post which is essentially week 4.

Thank you so much for joining us on this course. I hope to see you again on another course maybe!

Week 3: Let's hear from you

Hi everyone.Week 3 has come and gone. You'll see that the wiki has everything on it for Week 3. I know this will be a busy time of term, but please let's just hear if you are still with us even if you haven't done much to date. For those that are keen to see how a wiki can be used for a project please tune in this week. 

Week 2: How are you doing thus far?

We have now completed Week 2 of the SchoolNet wiki course? Are you still with us? Please add your reflection even if it is to say that you are planning to start.  For those who have created wikis thank you so much! It is great to see the wikis rolling in!

This week our main task was to add some navigation pages. The optional tasks were adding some bells and whistles to your wiki such as gadgets, a header and Twitter. Thanks to all those who attended the webinar watching a hands on demonstration of the tasks.

See you all next week!

Week 1.2 How did you find Week 1?

As you know we started the course a bit late and so this week I am basically finishing Week 1 on Tuesday evening (15th May) and am then going into Week 2 for the rest of the week. Crazy I know!

Please add your reflection for the first part (which I call Week 1 - creating the wiki)  in the comment box of this post. How did it go? Maybe you haven't got started? Whatever it is...please just say so! (Then I will know you are still out there and I am not alone in cyberspace!) Have you created your wiki yet? If you have this is the place to add your new address. To be honest - I can't wait to see the wikis! Please do not be shy to add your details no matter how basic you feel it might be! We're all in this together.

Enjoy the ride.

Week 1.1 Introduce yourself

Well, here we are…all ready to learn more about Creating a Wiki using Wikispaces. Welcome!!!! You might be wondering why I am using a BLOG when we are learning about wikis? Well, I am actually going to model the course from a wiki...yes...but I am going to use the blog for you to comment on! There used to be a time when you could add a Blogger blog to a Wikispaces wiki, but that features seems to have disappeared. I just can't work out how to get a useful discussion page going on a wiki, so I am using this blog instead.

Because I know how busy teachers are this will hopefully be a stressless, course that you can come back to later. Enjoy! I really would like you to comment every week even if you have done NOTHING just to show me that you are "out there". That is very important on an online course.

Course content
Week 1: How to create a wiki using Wikispaces (7 May)

Week 2: Make your wiki look and work like a website (14 May)

Week 3: Add writing, photos, audio and video to your wiki (21 May)

Week 4: Using your wiki for online projects (28 May)

Introduce yourselves
For now I just want to see who is definitely keen to continue with this course. So please introduce yourself saying:

• Who you are
• What you do every day in your job
• Why you are particularly interested in creating a wiki
• Whether you have decided on what kind of wiki you would like (this could change after I show you the types of wikis that are around)

Once we know who is on the course a feeling  of community emerges.

How to comment
If you are not sure how to comment I have added a page called 'How to comment' at the top of the blog. Basically you

• Go to the comment box and write your comment
• Choose a profile. Try and choose the Anonymous profile as it is the easiest (unless you wish to use a Google account). If you use Anonymous PLEASE remember to add your name in brackets.
•  Press submit.

Once you have introduced yourself I will send you the link to the wiki. From now on  will be sending you a weekly email letter with the week's programme on it.  

That's all for today. Click on the word 'comment' below and start writing!