I submitted my final project report today with instruction material to the dropbox today.  This completes my work on this activity. Good luck to all IDT 516 students.

Web 2.0 wiki in action

My Web 2.0 wiki activity is up and running.  Six of eight learner's have made post in the form of a comment to two Linkedin member's questions on F2F vs. E Learning training.  The comments were excellent. All came from under grad IDT students.  They had to get my permission to edit/save the material they posted on my wiki. In this activity they learned how to access a wiki, create a page and folder, name both, place each in a list, access the assigned folder from the list using the Page and Files tab at the top of the wiki, bring up each front page 1-12 that were in each folder, post their comment and save their page. Each learner had the opportunity to read a profession Linkedin member's post on F2F vs. E Learning.  This gave each learner a different perspective on how the Linkedin member answered the same qustion. The learner could write a comment agreeing, disagreeing, or make no comment  on the Linkedin member's post. I'm now writing my final report for Dr. West per our final project. I thanked each learner for their help on my project. They and I used the project as a new way to use a Web 2.0 tool, a wiki.

Added learners

This week I added 5 new learners.  Each learner will goto my wiki, login, and comment on two of 12 Front page folders that can be found in the Page and File list. This is a great learning experience on how to create, name and file a front Page in it's own folder.

Project Training Activity

Step-by Step Directions for a New Account and Workspaces for PBWorks:

A.      In your browser access www.pbworks.com  Click  on Get Started with a Free Version  of PBWorks

B.      Which category best describes your organization?  Choose General

C.      Sign up for a free PBworks account.

D.      Organization= WIU, URL= http://idt544project, (These are only suggestions) Choose your own.

E.       Create your personal login: email and password

F.        Some information about yourself. Answer all questions and check you accept PBWorks Terms-Click Next

G.     Check your Email to continue

H.     Read and Follow the contents on the page.

By Thursday, November 15:
Create a learning or training activity that incorporates at least one Web 2.0 technology. This should be in the form of at least one document, which will be included in your report. You should include the following details. These may include, but are not limited to the following:

Title of the Activity - Wiki Training Activity Using Web 2.0 Wiki

 Concept / Topic for your Learners - Making Pages & Folders

General Goal(s) - Learning More About Wikis

Specific Learning Outcomes - Show the Power of a Wiki 

Characteristics of your Learners – Four IDT 516 Student’s with Access to PBWorks  

Required Materials, including Web 2.0 - PBWorks.com

Introduction to the Activity – See Lesson Plan below

Step-By-Step Procedures:

Login into: http://idttask.pbworks.com/w/page/60748114/FrontPage

Login the wiki using Email/user name and password

Use the wiki to create a quantity of workspace pages, Click create a page upper right on page each time you want a new page

name each page, (in new window) type name you want to use and click create page

click edit add text, image, table, icon etc. click save (you must save the page) You can edit/save any page as desired

 set up a folder for a single page, Click on Pages and Files tab (top of page) Click add right of Folders-type name of folder

arrange a list of folders, if you want a folder for each page you create follow the same procedure

retrieved a folder from the list, Click on Pages and Files tab (top of Page) retrieved folder from list as desired

 add a comment; add any comment you wish in the comment box at bottom of page

add users, Add more users as desired by clicking Users tab at top of page (need email address of each new user)

 logout of the wiki at top right

Conclusion The purpose of my project is to explain how a wiki can be used for an unlimited amount of everyday home, individual, business, organization, group, education, government, and more practical activities.  This free ouproduct lets you add up to 20 users and 5 new Workspaces, and you can store up to 20 MB of files per Workspace. Once you upgrade, you can add more users and you'll have 100 GB of storage and unlimited Workspaces.

Link to wiki

rei016 November 8, 2012 11:58 AM
Here is a link to my wiki. There are 12 folders you can choose from. Click on Files and Pages tab, at the top next to wiki and a indow will open with a list of folders numbered 1-12. There is a differnt Linkedin post in each folder. The post are from professional members and are interesting reading. Login with the same user name and password used in your group project.
http://idttask.pbworks.com/w/page/60748114/FrontPage.

Directions

rei016 November 8, 2012 9:32 AM

Directions for this activity:
1. Login into PBWorks using you login information from your group project.
2. Click on the Pages and Files tab on the top of the page.
3. From the page list choose a Folder 1-12.
4. Choose Edit and Comment on the first question after Comment:
5. Comment on the Linkedin member's post after Comment:
6. Save your work by clicking save at the bottom of the page.
7. Click Logout at the (top) upper right

IDT 516 (cont.)

rei016November 7, 2012 10:41 AM

I need four IDT 516 students to login into my wiki, same as you did with your group project,and select a folder 1-12, and comment on my question & a post from a Linkedin member.

I can assure you  will learn severral new things you can do with a wiki with this project in about 10 minutes.