#17 Playing around with PBWiki

“Sandbox” is the term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for play. For this discovery and exploration exercise, we’ve set up a whole CTLS 23 Things Favorites wiki* that’s for nothing but play!

For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add an entry or two to the CTLS 23 Things Favorites wiki. The theme of this wiki is simply “Favorites” : Favorite books, favorite library blogs, favorite programs at your library, favorite anything …all you need to do is play and add your thoughts. To mark your adventure on this site, you should add your blog to the Favorite Blogs page.

Discovery Resources:

 

 

 

 

• PB Wiki Tour – Find out how this collaborative tool can be used
• PBWiki Video Gallery – Short videos of PBwiki features
• PB Wiki Tips

Discovery Exercise:

 

 

 

 

1. Access the CTLS 23 Things Favorites wiki and create a login account for yourself.
2. Add your blog to the Favorite Blogs page. That’s how we’ll know that you’ve been there. It’s easy to do if you follow this simple syntax:
   

   Example:

   [ URL | Title of blog]

   [ http://ctls23things.wordpress.com | CTLS 23 Things ]

   With brackets [ ] and just a little typing, you’ve added a link – yup, it’s as easy as that!

   OPTIONAL: Add a favorite or two to a few other pages (Favorite books, favorite vacation spot, etc). And, if you feel up to the challenge, you might even want to create a separate page for book review or short travel essay and link up to that.

3. Create a post in your blog about the experience.

* NOTE: The CTLS Sandbox Wiki was created using the free version of PBWiki, a tool that lets you create webpages that anyone can edit.