#16 Playing around 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 CCLS 23 Things wiki* for you to practice using a wiki.

For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add an entry or two to the CCLS 23 Things wiki. The theme of this wiki is simply “Favorites”: favorite books, favorite restaurants, favorite anything … all you need to do is play and add your thoughts.

Discovery Resources:

• PBWiki 2.0 Manual - Find out how this collaborative tool can be used
• PBWiki 2.0 – Short video on PBWiki

Discovery Exercise:

1. Access the CCLS 23 Things wiki and create an account for yourself. Once you have created an account, you will be able to edit the wiki.
2. Add your blog to the Favorite blogs page. That’s how we’ll know that you’ve been there. It’s easy to do–we have put instructions on the page.
3. Write a post on your blog about the experience.
4. OPTIONAL: Add a favorite or two to a few other pages (Favorite Books, Favorite Movies, etc.). And, if you feel up to the challenge, you might even want to create a new Favorites page. Be sure to link this page to the sidebar.

* NOTE: The CCLS 23 Things Wiki was created using the free version of PBWiki, a tool that lets you create webpages that anyone can edit.