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How I set up a website project:
1) Find a topic that has many different aspects to it (examples: Wars, movements, leaders, etc..) 2) Preview topics to students: Give them 24 hrs to pick. If they do not pick a topic then assign a topic. Have students work in pairs. 3) Early days in library: Research and organization: a)Do not give them the web tools until research is finished. b)Content is the #1 goal. Have students organize their information into a Google doc if possible (students can work on the same document at any time). Microsoft Word if your school does not allow Google docs. 4) Have students find all pictures and videos and have a file or flash drive where all information is saved to. 5) Once you have reviewed the content and photos (they can add throughout the project…they need a solid foundation of images and content to start) then allow them to sign up for a wiki account or any other web design tool your school will allow you to use. 6) For Wikispaces: Have them sign up for k-12 account. Once they have signed up they MUST GO to subscriptions and click on the free upgrade at the bottom of the page. Give 24-48hrs for the upgrade to take place. 7) Once in the wiki they can begin to add information and pictures. Remind students to be flexible thinkers: “Flexible thinkers display confidence….they also tolerate confusion” I remind them to think of their Facebook or Myspace pages when they first started. 8) Once the core information is in the wiki, then they must begin to add creative Web 2.0 tools. -Students found embedding a Glogster (interactive posterboard/ free to students or teachers can create an account, which gives them access to 100 free glogs) onto their Wiki was a great way to make their pages more user friendly. -Students embedded YouTube videos -Students embedded Flicker and Photobucket at the bottom of their pages -Students blog about their experiences and gave testimonials of different technologies they had used.

a) Click edit  b) Click on the Widget c) Select type of file d) Paste in the embed code
 * __ Embedding into the wiki: __**