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 **//"Do you understand how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together.//**  **//You can do it."//**  Sherman Alexie  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

This wiki has been created as an example of incorporating technology into the classroom for FNESC's 3 day Summer Institute. It serves as a place for workshop participants and other educators to share their ideas and lessons related to English First Peoples and English Language Arts. You are welcome to join this wiki and share your knowledge. The following are guidelines for posting to the wiki:
 *  Members are encouraged to submit their own ideas and files to this wiki by uploading personal files.
 *  Sign your name at the end of your post and insert a horizontal rule.
 *  If you are submitting another educator's idea ensure that you have their permission **OR** insert a link to their site where the idea is posted. Please respect others and copyright.

**To Join** Click join (on left corner) on this page. Log in with a username +password **To Post** Click on Edit this Page Type You will see a formatting tool bar above the content window. From here you can: bold, italicize, and underline text. You can set your heading sizes. You can create a numbered list or a bulleted list. //Please create a horizontal line on your page to separate content types and topics and remember to sign your post. //  Click Save (top right)

<span style="color: #1e8f99; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">** To link ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left;">Highlight your name or words you want to hyperlink Click Link (chain image) Then select external link tab--attach text and paste in the site's link <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click open new window <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left;">Click Save. <span style="color: #1e8f99; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">** To add an image or file ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Place the cursor where you would like the link to your file to appear. Select the **File** icon from the editor toolbar. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Upload Files. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Page through your files, search by file name, or sort by tag. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click on the file to place it on the page. Images, videos, and audio clips can be embedded directly into the page. For other file types — including PDFs, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations — the **Embed File** option will place a link to the file on the page. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Save the wiki page.

<span style="color: #1e8f99; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**To Embed a video from another site** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Place the cursor where you would like the video to appear. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Select the **Widget** icon from the editor toolbar. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In the **Widgets** tool, select **Video** from the side menu and choose your video service or click Other. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In a separate browser window or tab, navigate to your video. Look for something that says “Embed” (or maybe "Share"), followed by a piece of code. Copy this code. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Back on your wiki page, paste the copied code into the field in the Widget tool. Hit **Save**. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click on the embedded widget (in editor mode, it will be a blue square) to get the **Widget Properties** popup, and adjust the alignment and size of your video. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Save the wiki page

<span style="color: #1e8f99; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**For more information visit the following:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">http://help.wikispaces.com/Editing+a+Page <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">or visit this wiki tutorial video