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 ** Welcome to our wiki! ** ** Wiki Basics: ** ** What? ** A wiki is a website that allows you to create and edit. ** Why? ** Wikis allow us to respond to a question or complete an activity posted by your teacher and it allows you to read other students’ posts and respond directly to that post. ** How? ** EASY! 1.Find the assigned page on the left side of the browser and select that page (Example WhoFoundIt) 2. Read the prompt on that page or choose the link that directs you to the Glogster Prompt Page 3. At the Top Browser select the tab Discussion. 4. Now you have 2 options: Post to Mr. Herrington’s Topic or Respond to another students post  ** Post to Mr. Herrington’s Topic  ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Select +New Post Title the subject area of the new post with something specific to your post (not just the topic) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Enter the content of your post and select the Post button. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Your post has been created. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Post to Another Students Post ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Select the student’s post that you would like to respond to by clicking on the subject line. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Type your response and click Post. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Your post has been created and linked to the pervious student’s post. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Wiki Etiquette ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 1. ** Thou shall not confuse thy opinion with gospel truth **. There is a strong temptation, particularly when discussing contentious issues, to claim unimpeachable authority on the subject at hand. Yes, everybody is entitled to express personal opinions, but by treating your blog or wiki like a panel rather than a pulpit, the dialogue will more likely be divine. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2. ** Thou shall not invoke personal attacks. ** One of the magical powers blogs and wikis seem to possess is the capability of turning otherwise sensible people into bickering schoolchildren. Unless the discussion subject is "Say something insulting about somebody who holds a different opinion than you," leave the personal invective out. Rule of thumb: Argue with the post, not the poster. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 3. ** Thou shall stick to the subject at hand. ** Blogs in particular can get tangential in a hurry. To some, that's part of the charm -- you start with an idea and end up somewhere completely different. That's all well and fine, but let tangents arise organically within the context of the discussion. If you've got something wildly off topic to say, start a new thread or keep it to yourself until it becomes relevant. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 4. ** Thou shall cite thy references. ** As we all know, people can come up with statistics to prove anything; forty percent of all people know that. So, set yourself apart from the herd by showing where you get your facts. You'll look knowledgeable, honest, and trustworthy -- what's not to like about that? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 5. ** Thou shall punctuate and capitalize. ** We're not saying you should write every post with one eye on The Chicago Manual of Style, but writing several paragraphs as one gigantic, all-lowercase, run-on sentence is a definite no-no. As is writing in ALL CAPS, WHICH IS LIKE SHOUTING! Punctuation is your friend, so use it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 6. ** Thou shall own up to thy mistakes. ** Despite online chest-puffing to the contrary, nobody's perfect. You are going to make mistakes. You are going to be wrong about things. Instead of being defensive and denying it, just admit your blunder and move on. If you have the urge to browbeat somebody about making a mistake, refer to the second commandment. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 7. ** Thou shall not feed the trolls. ** When people spew insults, pick fights, or take contrarian positions just for the sake of being contrary, ignore them. Insulting online miscreants or engaging them in arguments accomplishes nothing, it just further pollutes the pages with pointless back-and-forth.

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