Week+Seven+Wikispaces

Your task in the second part of this unit is to create a teaching and learning space within a wiki like environment. For this part of the unit you can choose to use Wikispaces, (the space I am using here), as the basis for your work. If you are already experienced in using Wikispaces and/or if you are looking for a challenge you may also choose to use [|pbWorks] or [|Weebly], which are both alternative wiki providers. Alternatively you could also try [|Google Sites], though there is a slightly bigger learning curve with Google Sites. If you are new to wikis then you should go to Wikispaces and create a space, (make sure that you sign up as a teacher).  To help you get started dakinane has an excellent [|Intro Wikispaces Classroom YouTube Channel] media type="custom" key="23734076" align="center"

 Once you have created your space, Wikispaces has some extensive Help pages as well as a [|video series], (note as a result of the recently introduced Classroom option, some of the video content may have changed). NB When creating your new Wikispace please make sure that you have used the wikis for educators option as per the advice under the Special wikis for educators section on the New Wiki page.  The focus of your wiki in this second section of the unit is teaching and learning. I'm looking for you to develop your space around a theme of your choice. You should populate your space with artefacts that you have created using some of the content and skills you have learnt in the first part of the unit. You might also like to include any others content or skills you might like to "show off" which we haven't covered. I should re-iterate that he emphasis for this task is very much on consolidating and practicing the skills covered throughout the unit. In other words I want you to use images, audio, slideshows, video and any other variations as creatively as you can to develop a space that students or other teacher might use. Note if you have to develop a similar space for another unit you can negotiate with me to create this EST430 space to serve multiple needs, (please ask ASAP if you need further advice). To give you an idea of the expectations for your space, have a look through the following Wiki examples to check out some ways in which other EST430 students have responded to this task over the last two years plus a couple of other examples from Wikispace users. Note that once again I will be doing your final assessment according to the Teaching and Learning Space Assessment Rubric on Pages 5 and 6 in the Assessment Rubric.