Thing+7+Sandbox+Instructions

=Thing 7: Instructions for Creating Your Sandbox Page=

**Please read all instructions before beginning your page. You may want to print this page to use as a reference (click the Page tab above and select Print to get a print-ready view).**

===The idea here is for you to make a page with some choice of content, while ensuring you experiment with basic wiki formatting options. ** You are welcome to interpret the instructions liberally and creatively, as long as you give the formatting and features an appropriate test drive. **After you read the instructions, look at the Sample Sandbox Page to see what the finished product should more-or-less look like. **There are LOTS of help references at the bottom of this page.**===

Three important things -- **Use Firefox, have fun** and **make small edits** -- that means **save the page every few minutes**, then click **Edit this Page** to begin editing again! You do not have to complete your page all in one sitting, because you can edit it at any time, from any computer with Internet access.

Discovery Exercise
Create a "sandbox" wiki page using the instructions and help videos below as a guide.

To create your new page:
> || The name of this page is "instructions." || Click **New Page** (on the sidebar - upper left) and **type a __name__ for your new page** (perhaps YOUR OWN NAME, preferably with NO SPACES).
 * || [[image:k12l20sandbox2:sandbox_page_name2.png width="419" height="147" caption="The nam eof this page is "instructions.""]] ||
 * You may want to **write down your page name**, because you will need to know it later. The name of the page you are CURRENTLY READING is **instructions**. You can see the page name at the top of the page, and in the browser's address bar above -- look at the end of the URL.
 * When you have finished creating your page, go to the HOME page of this wiki and add a link to your page under "Our Sandbox Pages." **Be sure to complete the remaining items listed on the HOME page as well.**

Your page should contain the following:
**¤ PLEASE NOTE:** You are free to be creative with your section titles and page contents, include more than the minimum or adaptations of anything. Include pictures, tables, embeds, horizontal rules -- anything you want to try!

> - **Section 1: Introduction** - Include your **Name**, **School Name** and **Position**, a link to your school Website (embedded), and a brief description of something you love about your job. > - **Section 2: Favorite Things** - Make a **bulleted or numbered list** of something you like, such as favorite movies, books, quotations, superheroes, places to travel, restaurants, gadgets, obscure Latin phrases, etc... Anything you like, at least three items. > - **Section 3: Burning Question** - Ask a question of the universe (okay, your fellow participants), anything you want... you will receive responses on the **Discussion** tab at the top of the page! Make this question **bold** or //italicized//! > - **Section 4: Web 2.0 Stuff** - (We will return to this page in future weeks to embed audio, video and possibly some other "stuff").
 * 1) A **Table of Contents** (type [toc] at the top of the page, except use **TWO brackets** on each side -- this is special code that will automatically turn into a table of contents when you add **Headings.** Watch the first video below if you are confused).
 * 2) A catchy **page title** (formatted using **Heading 1**). **NOTE:** The **page title** is not the same as the **page name**. The title of the page you are reading is: "Thing 9: Instructions for Creating Your Sandbox Page." The page name is actually //instructions// (look at the URL).
 * 3) **Four titled sections** using **Heading 2 or 3** (so that your table of contents will have something in it).
 * 1) At least one image. Upload an image from your computer or link to an image online (be conscious of copyright). For extra fun, create something unique for your page using an online image generator! (Trust me, you want to at least look at the samples ).
 * 2) **ANYTHING else you want** -- this is your page -- PLAY!

Be sure to check out the **History tab** at the top of your page after you have completed your work -- one of the most powerful features of a wiki is that is saves every version of every page, so that you can track changes, and revert to an older version at any time if things go awry.

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‡ HELP Resources == Sandbox Mini-Movies**
 * Add a sample page for the class

- Super-short video clips (1-2 minutes) demonstrating every wiki task I am asking you to do, and then some.


 * [|Create a new page, add a table of contents and a page title]
 * [|Add page sections]
 * [|Add text and embedded links]
 * [|Add a bulleted or numbered list and bold or italic text]
 * Upload and insert an image from your computer
 * Insert an external image linked from a website
 * [|Insert a wiki link] (link to a page in the wiki site -- different from an external link)
 * [|Leave a discussion comment on a wiki page]
 * [|Embed a YouTube video (or other embeddable media)].