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Welcome to our wiki. I want to see how we can use this in class on Wednesday, so we'll perhaps have a discussion. I've typed in these sentences as a way of getting us started, and I'd like to see others come here and add to this, plus change something that I've already written. Then each succeeding person should add something AND change something, and we'll track the changes/additions through the history function. Try it! Who will be first?

I keep talking about how I spend a lot of time blogging for work, so I uploaded one of my recent posts to see how the upload blog function works. Seems to add it as a new page. Thoughts on how this could be useful? I'm thinking as either a way to keep track of research or to cross-link to a class blog (although this seems a bit redundant as the whole class would presumably have the web address for the blog). -Katie

i am feeling a bit slap happy (YOu really slap happy? or just slappy? or happy?)... up late working on finishing touches to my project and my presentation... still haven't had dinner or graded papers or made lunches... of course i got started late because i needed to accompany my daughter to purchase finishing touches for her prom accoutrements... "you're not supposed to have papers due. you're an adult. I am the one with work to do..." so i'm posting a poem and invite anyone who'd like to comment on the poem by e.e. cummings to do so(ellen):

code anyone lived in a pretty how town code

code (with up so floating many bells down) code

code spring summer autumn winter code

code he sang his didn't he danced his did code

code code

code Women and men(both little and small) code code cared for anyone not at all code

code they sowed their isn't they reaped their same code

code sun moon stars rain code

code

code

code children guessed(but only a few code

code and down they forgot as up they grew code

code autumn winter spring summer) code

code that noone loved him more by more code

code

code

code when by now and tree by leaf code

code she laughed his joy she cried his grief code

code bird by snow and stir by still code

code anyone's any was all to her code

code

code

code someones married their everyones code

code laughed their cryings and did their dance code

code (sleep wake hope and then)they code

code said their nevers they slept their dream code

code

code

code stars rain sun moon code

code (and only the snow can begin to explain code

code how children are apt to forget to remember code

code with up so floating many bells down) code

code

code

code one day anyone died i guess code

code (and noone stooped to kiss his face) code

code busy folk buried them side by side code

code little by little and was by was code

code

code

code all by all and deep by deep code

code and more by more they dream their sleep code

code noone and anyone earth by april code

code wish by spirit and if by yes. code

code

code

code Women and men(both dong and ding) code

code summer autumn winter spring code

code reaped their sowing and went their came code

code sun moon stars rain code

 I'm going to change the color on this page just to see what happens. I'm also going to change the theme (whatever that means). Step 3? I'm going to invite myself (through a separate account) and see what happens. I also surfed around the "manage Wiki" section and the "permissions" page just to get a feel for the controls and options. I could see how this site might be helpful for tracking students progress on reports, journals or other projects. It's also a good way to collaborate, having the page open to ongoing comments and threads, and as a teacher it makes following participation and monitoring cooperation points much easier and quicker. However, I also read Nicole's post about not seeing a big difference between this and Ning... and I completely agree. And Katie, you also mentioned that "this seems a bit redundant..." A blog is a blog, a networking site is a networking site... I'll be curious to see how these different brands, modes, applications, etc go about setting themselves more apart as the years go by. Myspace and Facebook and Twitter for example... I honestly can't understand what one can do that the other one can't. It's half a shade different here and an inch to the left there, but nothing substantial...

-Simon

__Update:__ I clicked on "manage wiki" and I found the "invite friends" icon but I could not find anything about "Look and Feel." According to the "getting started" instructions below, I should have found the "look and feel" option under the "manage wiki" heading, but I did not. What's up? Am I locked out of changing the colors and theme? I like orange and I really want to make it the background color. :(

I like orange too. I wish the page was orange. -Bethany

=Welcome to Your New Wiki! =

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 * Click on the edit button above to put your own content on this page.
 * To invite new members, click on **Manage Wiki** and **Invite People**.
 * To change your wiki's colors or theme, click on **Manage Wiki** and **Look and Feel**.
 * To set who can view and edit your wiki, click on **Manage Wiki** and **Permissions**.

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