WikiTrip Final Project

Hi Everyone, Welcome to our online class. I realize you think we've just begun our class and your tech skills, but it's time to start to see how these different tools all start to work in similar fashions. We are going to start our final group project "wikitrip" to Chicago projects. We will be working online and face to face over the next 3 weeks to start to formalize your ideas on creating a virtual field trip to Chicago. I've added the WikiTrip assignment to our resources page for you to review. There are a lot of tools, ideas, and components that are to be included. We'll be developing these for the rest of the class. Good news, a wiki is created and developed very similar to your personal blogs, so you do have a foundation for creating your site. Here are a few samples of some from past courses: http://field-trip-of-awesomeness.wikispaces.com/ http://windycitytour.wikispaces.com/ http://steftimandy.wikispaces.com/ http://exploringchicago.wikispaces.com/ This week, you are going to be meeting with your group (same group, pair really, you worked with to create your Prezi's on Gagne) to discuss ideas for your wiki trip and create the 'wiki' site. First, you need to download and read the wikitrip project assignment. Second, you'll need to work together as a team to determine what you want to visit during your virtual trip to Chicago. So, lets talk collaboration. There are a few choices for your group to try, but you might just want to email your group members to 'talk' (you can contact via blogs) You will want to 'meet' to talk about how you're going to continue to meet and work on the project. Finally, you'll want to visit Wikispaces at http://www.wikispaces.com to create your group wiki site. One person of your team will need to set up the wiki site, then 'invite' the other group members. Here's a short screencast on inviting others to join, upgrading permissions. and editing your wiki. Wiki's work with permissions on what members are able to do within the wiki. The person who set up the wiki, the organizer, will want to upgrade the other partner's permissions so they can edit all pages within your wiki site. I suggest adding the Gabby widget on the homepage (demo shown on screencast) so you can meet at a set time and discuss your groups next steps. Now, it's up to your group to make the next step. Contact the other members of your group, via email or even add comments to their blog, to start your communications. Your wiki URL and a rough outline of what places you might want to visit is due to me by Thursday, October 20, 2011. Next Thursday, I'll post the information on your next steps and introduce 2 new tools you can use on your site. If you have questions, email me. Randy