Information Page

We use wiki pages to store information that might be valuable for us and possibly others sometime in the future.

Here are the process steps:

On the new page, start by double-clicking where it says "information" and overwrite that by pasting the information that you want to remember.

Then press <return> and in the new copy block, add the source of this information.

When a link is to a page external to the wiki, we use single hard brackets. First paste in the link, add a space, and then that name that will be hyperlinked.

Here is a more detail about both the format for this link and an example of what it might look like:

The third step in this process is to link that information to other pages that you feel might be connected to this information. This linking step is very important as it supercharges our learning potential.

When we seek to find pages to link to, the first thing we do is to pause and ask ourselves why we felt that this information was important to remember, seeking a single keyword that represents this connection.

We then enter that keyword in the search bar at the lower left of the wiki.

Initially, this search will be with those in our wiki pod but by clicking on the chevron for the Creative Noosphere on the Welcome Visitors we can add thousands of pages from other educators who we are learning with.

Once a page has been found that feels connected, we create a link to that page under the pagefold called 'related'.

This process is repeated with other keywords that come to mind. Try to leave 2-3 links at the bottom of the page.

As these are links to pages that are in the wiki, we use double hard brackets and the page name for these links.

After you have written your information page, you may want to add this page to the catalogue in your library. This process helps you see where you have been when you are starting to write in the wiki.

To add a page, go back to your library page, click on the "+" in the journal on the bottom of your page, then drag the color block for the page you have just written over to the gray area, which we call a 'factory'. The first paragraph of that page will be added then to the the Library page.