Sandpit

This page is for you 'to play'. Have a go at adding text, editing text, etc. To start editing you click on the [EDIT] Tab to the right and just above this text.

Some Tips:

 * 1) What is a Wiki?? A great video introducing Wikis - //[|Wikis in Plain English]// by [|Lee Lefever] explains it all very simply. (Check out Lee's [|other resources] in Plain English - they're also great.)
 * 2) Wikis aren’t the most user friendly when it comes to editing etc. The ** [Help] ** file within the wiki isn’t too bad though (tab at top right of screen) - it gives lots of good information on how to set up and use a wiki.
 * 3) Sue Waters, an aquaculture teacher at Challenger TAFE, WA, is a very energetic and enthusiastic Web 2.0 user and has created a wiki containing lots of ‘how to’ files, one of which includes wikis. Check it out at http://aquaculturepda.wikispaces.com/Wikis
 * 4) If you want a hard copy manual, check out this one by Liz Davis (pointed to by Sue in her Wiki but this is an easier way of downloading it) at [|http://][|gearys**wikis**pace.**wikis**paces.com/file/view/**Getting**+**Started**.pdf]
 * 5)  A research project was undertaken a couple of years ago into the use of Social Software for Teaching and Learning, and for Knowledge Sharing and Staff Learning and Development. While it is now a little dated and there are many more options available, the basic Web 2.0 (social software) tools remain the same, ie wiki, blog, social bookmarking. On the wiki set up for the research there are some excellent examples of how these could be applied to the teaching and learning context - you might be interested. Go to http://socialsoftware-research.wikispaces.com/ - select the **Teaching and Learning in VET** case studies to see the examples.