Getting+Started

Grade 4 Social Studies - A Pennsylvania Study
This page explains how you can get started building your Wiki page within your school's link. Before we begin, let's review the various ways you can use a Wiki with the Pennsylvania project.
 * insert videos from the internet
 * create your own video and insert it
 * insert pictures
 * insert links to your own files such as documents, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
 * insert links to internet sites
 * edit text and color
 * collaborate with teachers
 * share resources
 * share students' enthusiams about the project
 * blogging (blogs are discussions)
 * create and deliver surveys

A Wiki is your oyster. Open it and see the wealth within it!

Please note: This particular Wiki Page, NPLearnsPA, is for A Pennsylvania Study project only. Therefore, you are limited to what you can do on your page. For instance, you can not add links that will appear in the column to the left. However, you can add links that show up only on your page.

To create your page and add links:
 * 1) Locate your school in the left column and then click to access it.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Either click on your name or add your name where it says Teachers' Classrooms.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When in your own Wiki page, your classroom, click "Edit" at the top of the page to begin typing.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">IMPORTANT: To add links that will only show up on your page do the following:
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You must be in the edit mode. The editing toolbar will appear at the top of the page.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Highlight the word by clicking and dragging.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click on the "Link" or "File" buttons in the toobar.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When the box opens, insert the internet site or document or PowerPoint (whatever it is that you want to link to) in the box.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Entering a link to an internet site: paste the URL address in the appropriate box or type it in if you know it.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Entering a link to a document: click on browse and search your H drive or G drive.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Other types of helpful hints for editing your page can be found by clicking Tips For Editing. This will take you to another Wiki page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the details on editing. Just so you know, much of the other content may not be applicable to what you can do within your page. Again, this particular Wiki Page, NPLearnsPA, is for A Pennsylvania Study project only. Therefore, you are limited to what you can do on your page. For instance, you can not add links that will appear in the column to the left.