#17 Playing Around with PBWiki

"Sandbox" is the term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for pure play. For this discovery and exploration exercise, we’ve set up a whole Learning 2.0 Favorites wiki* that’s for nothing but play!


For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add an entry or two to the PBwiki Learning 2.0 wiki. The theme of this wiki is simply “Favorites” : Favorite books, favorite vacation spots, favorite restaurants, favorite anything …all you need to do is play and add your thoughts. To mark your adventure on this site, you should add your blog to the Favorite Blogs page.


Discovery Resources:

*PBWiki Video Gallery - Short videos of PBwiki features
*PB Wiki Tips


Discovery Exercise:

1) Access the SPLS Learning 2.0 Wiki and create a login account for yourself.

2) Add your input on one or more of the existing pages. That's how we'll know that you've been there.

First, click on the page you wish to edit. Then click "edit page." (you may be prompted to log in to the wiki if you haven't already. Use the password above.

It’s easy to add a link if you follow this simple syntax:

Example:
[URL Title of blog]
[http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com Learning 2.0]

With brackets [ ] and just a little typing, you’ve added a link - yup, it’s as easy as that!

You can also add a link to anything you type by highlighting the words you wish to link to and clicking on the link icon in your editing tool bar. Once there, you choose "URL" from the top pop-up box's drop-down box and type in the address to the website.

OPTIONAL: Add a favorite or two to a few other pages (Favorite books, favorite vacation spot, etc). And, if you feel up to the challenge, you might even want to create a separate page for book review or short travel essay and link up to that.

3) Create a post in your blog about the experience.


* NOTE: The SPLS Learning 2.0 Wiki was created using the free version of PBWiki, a tool that lets you create webpages that anyone can edit.