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It is great to express your happiness. I will be working with my students in one month time. I am sure they will like. You know, this new generartion of students who like everything related to technology.. – sami, on August 24, 2008 06:36

It is great to express your happiness. I will be working with my students in one month time. I am sure they will like. You know, this new generartion of students who like everything related to technology.. – sami, on August 24, 2008 06:35

Just wanted to say that Monday night was my first class using the wiki. It went over very well. I'm teaching adults of various ages - most of which had never used a wiki. It was SO nice to be able to say "No handouts guys, it's all online!" "Don't have to take notes, it's all online". "Can't remember something we went over in class? Don't worry about it, it's all online". They've been logging in and referring back to it this week. Not adding anything yet, but that will come next Monday night.

PROBLEM: I'd like to add some readings to Kimn's Suggested Readings page (https://kristineedudemo.pbwiki.com/Su...), but the security settings on the page prevent edits or comments.

I really like how easy it is to upload a video into pbwiki.

Lots of new things to learn from the wiki. Although I started late - due to a visit from Hurricane Dolly, I am still excited.

I don't know if this is the MOST important thing that I want to learn, but I DO want to learn how others are using wikis in their classroom - not just what they are using them for but also HOW they are using them. I think most of us got a good idea of how it can be difficult if not impossible to manage if everybody goes to make changes at one time; so how are (or have) others managed this?

I was having the same problem, then read someone else's comments. Instead of inserting HTML, go to Video>Insert YouTube and try embedding the code. That worked for me. – Shayne, on August 03, 2008 03:09

Hmm, thanks for asking. I see our FAQ kinda left that out. Go to Settings and then Security to find the checkbox that enables this Request Access feature. I have updated our FAQ to make this easier to find. – Clif, on August 02, 2008 19:36

Hi Irene,

Based on what you've told me, my guess is that there is actually nothing wrong. There are possible problems that you may not be aware of when you try to log in as someone else with a different Access Level. In order to help you more, I'll need private information from you. I don't want you to post it here.

Please contact us directly via email and tell us the same details you have here. Be sure to include the wiki name and the details such as the student accounts you tried to simulate.

I created myself a new gmail account and listed a couple of student names using the trick of my adress + studentname@gmail.com. A new problem I faced is: I tried to lock a page so that only the administrator (I) could change my instructions. It failed to work. Playing with my new student logins I was able to "steal the lock" or could simply edit the page while I was logged in as a student. It seemed to me that I couldn't save my option to lock the page. Can you help me out here?

Good question Irine! We use Gmail as an example because they are one of the few providers that we know allow you to use the plus symbol. Wikipedia lists a few other providers that support this sort of notation: http://tinyurl.com/oydrx

Beyond that, I suggest that you simply test with the providers that you are wondering about! – Joel Franusic, on August 01, 2008 23:07

Is it necessary to use a gmail adres, or can emailadresses by all providers be used? I mean to create a class list of similar emailadresses to use to work with wikis.

They will also see a message telling them that they can Request Access if you have enabled this.
http://newfaq20.pbwiki.com/Request-Ac...
How do I "enable" this? – Ms.H, on August 01, 2008 13:24

Hi Kellmoor, this has been mentioned above more than once. You can still create v1.0 wikis that anyone can log into using only an Invite key. It does require the teacher to have an email account, but you can simply do that from home. While you are at school, you can log in using the Invite key. You can find more details about this in the very next reply to Hillary at the very bottom. – Clif, on July 31, 2008 01:58

Hillary asked: Thanks Clif! I may sound a bit challenged...but can you tell me in detail how I go about doing that since when I tried to create another Gmail account using the ImaTeacher+ technique, it tells me that it won't accept the + symbol in the username. Thanks for your patience.

Hi Hillary. As mentioned already, you don't need to create more than one Gmail account. What you will be doing is asking the students to create their own PBwiki Account using your email address.

If your Gmail address is bluegreen@gmail.com then your students will go to http://my.pbwiki.com and click on "Sign up" as shown here.



They will use your email address with some additional text that identifies them to you. Here are some suggestions:

Mark will sign up as bluegreen+mark@gmail.com
Jenny will sign up as bluegreen+jenny@gmail.com
and so on ...

Gmail interprets all the addresses with a + sign as the same address. Therefore, all of the students will be receiving the verification emails in your Gmail account.

When you receive the verification emails, just follow the instructions to complete each student's PBwiki Account sign up.

After each student has their PBwiki Account set up, they can log into their PBwiki Accounts at my.pbwiki.com and use that specific email address to log in.

Mark will login as bluegreen+mark@gmail.com and use his password
Jenny will login as bluegreen+jenny@gmail.com and use her password
and so on ...

At this point, each student can log into their PBwiki Account and each will have their own email address (it's actually your email bluegreen@gmail.com address). They will each also have their own password that you do not know.

Once the students log in, they should each visit your wiki and they will see a message telling them that they don't have access. They will also see a message telling them that they can Request Access if you have enabled this.
http://newfaq20.pbwiki.com/Request-Ac...

The above instructions are for a classroom that needs to use our PBwiki 2.0 wikis. Please keep in mind that we will soon have an easier way to share these. I don't know the details yet but you will not need email addresses for students.

Also keep in mind that you can always create a PBwiki 1.0 wiki. It only requires an invite key to gain entrance. It does ask for an email address, but any email address will work and you can simply make up a fictional address or use the teacher's address.

To create a 1.0 wiki, just go to http://pbwiki.com and be sure to clear the 2.0 check box when it asks you what kind of wiki you want.

Sign up for five gmail accounts. Keep the passwords to yourself. With gmail documents students can share and work on the same document. Documents can be presentations (like Powerpoint) and spreadsheets. Documents can be published on the internet. Use the gmail accounts to sign in to BubbleShare. – henryt, on July 30, 2008 14:16

Go to http://sisn2.pbwiki.com/K-3-Resources... and see what K-3 resources are available from Tappedin.org. Join Tappedin.org (free) take the Tapped In Tips & Tricks-Virtual class (set your time zone because Tappedin.org is on California time). Join the K-3 resources group and connect with other Primary teachers. Here is a link for more information about Tappedin http://edisontechforteachersspring200... – henryt, on July 30, 2008 11:50

Here is a link (http://sisn2.pbwiki.com/Bootstrapping...) to an article on the use of wikis in the corporate world. Students need to learn how to use them - both the mechanics and the social-ethical-productive side. – henryt, on July 30, 2008 11:36

The free tools are so exciting! I teach fifth graders, and a lot of these tools require e-mail addresses, such as BubbleShare. How would you handle that? For instance, in the case of BubbleShare, would you let the students use the teacher's BubbleShare account?