Wikispaces for iPads

You're receiving this email as a member of Wikispaces.com. Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. Don't want to receive this newsletter anymore? Unsubscribe instantly. SEPTEMBER 2012 Wikispaces for iPads Wikispaces now works even better with the iPad! Our new mobile interface brings you a sleeker look and seamless navigation, without losing any of your wiki's rich functionality. And with the release of iOS 6, you can upload photos and video to your wiki directly from your iPad or iPhone. Read more on our blog or pop on over to your iPad and try it out for yourself. Take a look Still getting started? Take one of our video tours and get to know Wikispaces. Wikispaces Private Label An integrated collaborative wiki environment for your school, district, or organization. Give Wikispaces Private Label a try. What's happening? Get all the latest news on features, events, and more on our blog, or follow us on Twitter. Stay in touch Have any questions? Drop us a line at help@wikispaces.com. New Editable Website wikis With our new Editable Website wikis, you get a good looking website while still enjoying the ease of use of a wiki. Create a classroom website to share news and upcoming assignments with your students and parents. Build a support knowledge base for your customers that is easy to modify over time. Learn more about our new feature. Digital Citizenship and Wikispaces Panel Missed this month's Digital Citizenship and Wikispaces panel? Be sure to check out the recording. You'll hear from advocates in the field as they share their thoughts and experience. And be sure to follow us on our blog to stay informed about future panels and webinars. Featured Wiki: Mr. Young's Space Brett Young started the mryoungspace wiki in November of 2008. 1. Briefly describe your group, your wiki, and what you use it to do: My classroom wikispace has been completely embedded into my teaching practice. By using my classroom wiki, I have virtually made my classroom paperless. My students create their own wikispace, at the beginning of each semester, and link to their wikispace from our classroom wiki. All students have access to each other's wikis to allow for a more "community" approach in our learning and sharing with each other. All classroom materials, outlines for daily activities, Student Learning Objectives, are accessed through our classroom wiki. My main approach to this is to allow students to have complete access to our classroom, at any time, no matter where they are in the world. Students can be on vacation, traveling with sports teams, or away due to illness, and they can still participate in our classroom just by going to the classroom wikispace. Students never have an excuse for not knowing what is going on in the classroom as the wiki can be accessed on any computer or device including the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, and other mobile devices. 2. Besides the Edit button, which wiki feature is your favorite? I have two! The first one would be the embed feature for YouTube videos. Instead of going back and forth to YouTube for certain materials I can just embed the video right into the wikispace. It has allowed me to accumulate a collection of videos and material that are always at my disposal at any time, in any place! The second one would be the ability to upload documents and resources for the students to download. Never again do I have to hear "I lost this piece of paper! It is ripped! I wasn't here for it when you handed it out!" All of my students know to go, check the wiki, and download the handouts they need. Keep reading. A message from Ryan Last December my wife and I welcomed an amazing baby boy into our lives. He is our first child and we could not be more blessed. At the same time, I now understand what my parents meant by "Just wait until you have your own kids." Our son is happy and healthy, but he came without one important thing...a user's manual. As a father, I've had to adapt to the new, try different things, see what works. At Wikispaces, I have watched thousands of users do the same with their wikis. Some develop open collaboration communities, while others focus on control and oversight. But each build their wiki through experimentation, learning from what works and from what doesn't. Just like our customers, I'm learning to forget the "manual" and have a great time. Now, if only I could successfully apply this approach to my son's Ikea furniture. What will you do with your next wiki? Good idea: Create a professional development wiki for your school. Bad idea: Create an unprofessional development wiki for your school. Sent by Wikispaces.com - 67 Langton St, San Francisco CA 94103 help@wikispaces.com If you no longer wish to receive this email you can unsubscribe instantly.