Wiki

This is the first time I have ever created a wiki site. It is an exciting and interesting experience. With the help of the Atomic Learning tutorial on Sites, I finally figured how to create a simple wiki site. Here the link to my wiki. I have been manipulating the different format options, such as Heading, Sub-heading, and Horizontal Line, setting background picture, color and so on. I added Twitter and Google + Share button as my gadgets. I also learned how to setup external links, insert images into web page, if I want, I can also insert table of contents, Google Document, Presentation, Spreadsheet, Drawing, Folder, Group, Map, Video, so much more into my page. In addition to all these features, I can change the page layout. In my wiki, I chose two column (simple) layout, laying paragraphs on the left column, and pictures on the right one.  By going to the Manage Site in the drop down menu of the More, I can customize the themes, colors and fonts of the Entire Page, Site header, Content area, Content area gadgets, Sidebar gadget and Horizontal navigation. You can see I chose light green as my background color and I also changed the color, font and font size of my pages.

Here is the screen captures of the history of revisions of my wiki. I can use this feature to keep track of the changes that have been made in the wiki. The feature allows me to revert to previous versions. With this feature, I can edit the wiki as much as I want without worrying about messing it up.

I can see how wiki can be very useful for my class. I can use this site to share Chinese culture with my students. With limited classroom time, it is impossible to share everything with students in class; however, wiki can break down the classroom walls and provide a perfect place for sharing cultures and also helping with their Chinese language study.