Teacher+Wiki+Instructions

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 * W ****elcome to the Teacher Wiki Instructions! **

Thank you for visiting the //Homework Tracker//. By viewing the Learning Modules below, you will learn how to:

1. Become a member of the Homework Tracker

2. Enter nightly homework for your students by typing the assignments into the identified days of the Calendar Pages

3. Create your own Wiki and link it to the Calendars Pages by watching short video clips


 * Membership Instructions **

If you want to join the Homework Tracker, you have two options:

1. Activate the "Join" tab located in the upper right-hand corner of this page and follow the directions, or click if you want to see step by step instructions through a Power Point Presentation.

2. Email me at kjones1@btsd.us and put "Homework Tracker Membership" in the Subject Box.


 * Special Notes: **

1. If you are emailing me from **within the district**, you will need to **first** log into your email account []

2. If you are emailing me from **outside the district** with access to Outlook Express, you can simply access my email link kjones1@btsd.us


 * Learning Module 1 **– __ [|What is a Wiki?] __ – Commoncraft created a short and entertaining video called //Wikis in Plain English// which will provide you with the basics about Wikis.


 * Learning Module 2 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Video Tours] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– Wikispaces has prepared a series of tours to demonstrate how to use the different components.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Module 3 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– Teacher Lesson Plan and corresponding parents/guardians letter and student worksheet.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1.

====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2 .<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Introductory Letter to Parents and Guardians from Teacher ====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Listed below are links to Pages 1 and 2 of the introductory letter that you can use to notify your student’s parents and guardians of your use of the Homework Tracker. As you will see, Page 1 contains an instructional graphic to provide them with a visual aid for connecting to the Homework Tracker from Armstrong’s home page.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">The letter is designed to run front to back and there are three areas highlighted in red that you will need to update which include the date on Page 1 and your email address and signature on Page 2. Please remember to first save Pages 1 and 2 to your computer or thumb drive and then make the changes for the date, email address, and your name on your copy of the documents.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Module 4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> ­ When you “Sign Out” of the Homework Tracker you can read about the “free, easy way to get your classroom online” with Wikispaces.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Module 5 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– **Helpful Hints**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. There is not a Spell Check in a Wiki. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Write, proofread, and edit the document in Word and then cut and paste to the Wiki. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. Carefully review the “pasted” information because it may transfer differently. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. Remember to click the “Save” tab after making changes to your work.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you have any questions along the way, please let me know.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Thanks very much, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Karla <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">kjones1@btsd.us

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">All right reserved. No part of this webpage may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other – except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of Karla M. Jones, M.Ed. Copyright 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Revised 8/31/2012

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