#20 Playing Aroung with PBWiki

"Sandbox" is the term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for pure play. For this discovery and exploration exercise, we’ve set up a virtual sandbox Learning 2.0 Favorites wiki that’s for nothing but play!

For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add an entry or two to the Learning 2.0 wiki. The theme of this wiki is simply “Favorites”: favorite books, favorite vacation spots, favorite restaurants, favorite anything … All you need to do is play and add your thoughts. To mark your adventure on this site, you should add your blog to the Favorite Blogs page.

[The SPPL Learning 2.0 wiki was created using the free version of PBWiki, a tool that lets you create webpages that anyone can edit. What's the "PB" stand for? Peanut butter! ;-) ]

Discovery Resources:

• PBWiki Video Gallery - Short videos of PBwiki features
  
• PB Wiki Tips - in-depth information for if you really want to make your wiki work
  

Discovery Exercise:

1. Go to the SPPL Learning 2.0 wiki.

2. Add your blog to the Favorite Blogs page. That's how we'll know that you've been there. Step-by-step instructions are on the "Favorite Blogs" page. Password is: sppl

OPTIONAL: Add a favorite or two to a few other pages (favorite book, favorite vacation spot, etc). If you feel up to the challenge, you might even want to create a separate page for a book review or a short travel essay and link up to that.

3. Create a post in your blog about the experience.

Coming up next: Word processing without Microsoft Word (No, we're not returning to WordPerfect!)...