Welcome to OTAN Online

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Welcome to OTAN Online!

• Presenter Barry Bakin
• If you are new to Connect, watch this short
  video, be sure to be back to the meeting by the
  starting time!
• https//admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/attendfir
  stmeeting/

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Getting Started With Wikis
Barry Bakin ESL Teacher Advisor and ESL
Instructor Division of Adult and Career
Education Los Angeles Unified School
District barry.bakin_at_lausd.net http//www.tech4esl
.blogspot.com http//barrytrainsu.pbwiki.com
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Goals for todays 90 minute workshop

• All participants will sign up and get a wiki
• All participants will become familiar with basic
  wiki tools and tasks such as creating and editing
  a page, making links, and reverting to a prior
  version.

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But first Some housekeeping items (Making sure
you can hear and be heard)

• Connection Speed
• Using My Status
• Using the Chat Pod
• VoIP configuring your microphone
• Recording Session Notification

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Set Your Connection Speed
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Communication in Connect
My Status
Chat Pod
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Using Voice over IP (VoIP) and configuring your
microphone
Be sure to click Allow when the Flash Player
asks to access your microphone.
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Using Your Microphone

• To use your microphone, be sure to Raise Your
  Hand using the button at the bottom left of your
  screen
• I will grant you rights to speak. Use the Push
  to Talk button to ask your question.
• If you are in a noisy area I may mute or revoke
  your rights.

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Download Files

• Click on file name in Download Files pod
• Click save to my computer
• New window opens (or a pop-up appears)
• Click click to download
• Select Save
• Select your Desktop
• Click save
• After file downloads, click Done
• Close new window, return to Connect, repeat

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Smile!

• This session is being recorded.
• IMPORTANT NOTICE This Adobe Connect online
  service includes a feature that allows audio and
  any documents and other materials exchanged or
  viewed during the session to be recorded. By
  joining this session, you automatically consent
  to such recordings. If you do not consent to the
  recording, do not join the session.

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Whats a Wiki anyway?

• A simple way for an individual to publish
  information on the Internet
• A simple way for a selected group of
  viewers/users of the wiki to change the
  information that is presented.
• A way to preserve the changes
• A way to keep a history of the changes

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Some Wiki characteristics

• You can organize the order and relationship of
  pages
• There are ways to determine who can make changes
• You can keep them simple or add other features
• Easy enough that students can learn to make
  changes in one lesson.
• You can add images and/or video clips
• You can undo changes easily

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Some Wikis in action!
The OTAN wiki for Web 2.0 tools (Click on the
Wiki link) http//webtwopointohinadulted.wikispace
s.com/ The wiki my students go to listen to mp3
files (podcast instead of a podcast page) Ive
created. http//mrbakinsesl.pbwiki.com/ The wiki
my students created in collaboration with
students from Burlington, Vermont.
http//coasttocoast.pbwiki.com/ A wiki that we
use internally to register participants in our
staff development trainings. http//
eslstaffdevelopment.pbwiki.com/
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More Wikis of note.
Wikis created by former participants of this
workshop! http//independentlearningcenter.pbwiki
.com/ (Leila Rosemberg-to post information for
the teachers) http//eslwiki.pbwiki.com/ (Vincent
Nunez-gives his students assignments and has them
post their writing) http//cbetexchange.pbwiki.com
/ (Liz Koenig created this site for CBET teachers
to access and exchange materials and
information)
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Get your own wiki!
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Go to http//pbwiki.com
Click on Create a Wiki
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Fill in the simple form
Type your email address here
Pick a password thats easy to remember!
Pick a name thats easy to remember!
Select For Education
UNCHECK Yes, please (The default is checked)
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Fill in the simple form
Type your email address here
Pick a password thats easy to remember!
Pick a name thats easy to remember!
Select For Education
Keep this checked
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CLICK here!
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Check your email!
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Check your email inbox
Remember If you didnt hook up your microphone
or are not using VOIP,you can hear Barry but he
can not hear you! You have to type any questions
you have for him in the chat area!
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Click on the embedded link
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You can add another email address or change your
password at this screen.
Or click on the Home tab
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First, select a notification preference
then click on Create a wiki
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Pick a name that is easy to remember
Select For education
Click on Create my wiki
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4) Leave Point-and-Click as the default
editor
1) Select who can view the wiki
2) Select who can edit
3) Agree to the terms of service
4) Click on Take me to my wiki
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This is the front page of your new wiki! People
who visit your URL right now will see this page!
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http//barrytrainswiki.pbwiki.com/
Click on Edit page to get started!
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Use the various editing tools to do just that!
Click Save when youre finished!
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Continue to experiment with editing, uploading
images, and working with your new wiki.
Fortunately, fixing mistakes is easy!
Use the Show All Pages link under Wiki
Information
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For more help, contact me at barry.bakin_at_lausd.net
Also, view http//barrytrainsu.pbwiki.com/ Or
afternoons at 213-241-3705
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Homework Assignment!

• Continue to develop your own wiki!
• Visit my Training Wiki at http//barrytrainsu.pbwi
  ki.com/
• and add your new wiki to the list of Participant
  Wikis (Dont forget to include your URL to make
  it an active link and Save before you exit)
• This presentation is also available online at
  http//esl.adultinstruction.org (scroll down to
  Professional Development)
• Invite Key trainsu (its the older style
  wiki)

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Reminders

• Please fill out the evaluation at
  http//dev.otan.us/dev/eval
• A window will open for you when I end the meeting
• Let me know that youve completed your homework
  assignment by sending me a message at
  barry.bakin_at_lausd.net by October 31.
• Thank you for joining me today!