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=The Basics:=
 * Now create a numerical list of ways that you might incorporate a wiki into your classroom in the current unit that you are teaching.
 * Take a word in your numerical list and link it to a page on the Internet that relates to this term.
 * Add an image that might represent what you are currently studying in your classroom.(SAVE)
 * (BEGIN EDITING) Embed a YouTube Video related to your area of study
 * Now add a Google Map to your page relating to to what you have added to the page.
 * Start a discussion on your page using the "Discussion" feature (SAVE)
 * Look at the "History" of your wiki, revert to a former version.
 * Add an RSS feed from a blog (SAVE)

=Digging deeper:=


 * Look at the backend code. Make an edit.
 * Learn how to manage your pages, files, members, and permissions.
 * Add a tag to your page and then search for it, please use the tag "firstname_w".
 * Discuss how you might organize the use of a wiki for your students.
 * Create a template and use it for a new page.
 * How could you use the wiki for project based work for your students? How would you need to organize it? Discuss and create a structure for this.
 * How can you add students to your wiki without having them "sign up".
 * How could you use the platform for collaboration among students? Between your students and others in the community at large?

//** Check your skills. Can you: **//

 * make basic alterations to text in a wiki?
 * add an image
 * create links
 * incorporate YouTube Video or Google Maps
 * Analyze the "History" of your page