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Sevastopol High School:

**__AMERICAN STUDIES CLASS__** with Mr. Webber & Mr. Horvath
WELCOME to a new class at Sevastopol //__and__// welcome to what we hope will be a a slick new format to interact with myself and Mr. Horvath **and** with your classmates. This "wiki" is specifically designed for this class. (Like StarTrek,).. We intend to "to explore new worlds, seek out new material, new ideas: to boldly go where no one has been before". Captains **and** crewmembers in this class all work to enhance the learning environment: some of us are "digital natives" who will assist the "digital immigrants" to become more wiki skill oriented. (Maybe that makes us "wacky"! Ha HA) One of your first tasks will be to become familiar with the workings and potential of such a "Wiki".


 * __ WHAT CAN YOU DO IN A WIKI? __**
 * Provide a space for free writing
 * Debate course topics, including assigned readings
 * Share resources such as annotated bibliographies, websites, effective writing samples, conferences, calls for manuscripts
 * Maintain a journal of work performed on group projects
 * Require students to collaborate on documents, such as an essay written by the entire class
 * Discuss curricular and instructional innovations
 * Support learning projects such as Project Citizen (i.e. use wikis to build a website about a challenge to America)

//The simplest online database that could possibly work.// Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. It's exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.

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Getting Started

 * Click on the edit button above to put your own content on this page.
 * To invite new members, click on **Manage Wiki** and **Invite People**.
 * To change your wiki's colors or theme, click on **Manage Wiki** and **Look and Feel**.
 * To set who can view and edit your wiki, click on **Manage Wiki** and **Permissions**.

Need Help?

 * Click on the help link above to learn more about how to use your wiki.