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**Welcome DIP participants:**

Welcome DIP class participants to your Wiki. I look forward to watching this wiki grow with your input and ideas. For those of you who are not regular wiki users, I've added some information and navigation tips below. For those of you who are fluent in "wiki," usage, please help our wiki grow with your ideas. Please note our wiki address is: http://hisddip.wikispaces.com/. However, when you received your invitation to the wiki, the link was also there.

**What is a Wiki?**

﻿I know you've all used Wikipedia which is a very large Wiki in which the whole world can add or edit the content. A wiki is just an online information source that can alternate between working like a web page and working like a blog. In other words, people who visit the wiki can add or change the information. When you want to add or edit it, you just select "edit", typle your additions, then select "save." Your comments are instantly posted for all who been invited to view our Wiki. Of course, all who been invited to the Wiki can also add, update, or change the information on the Wiki as well. Please rest assured that the only people who will be invited to edit or view our Wiki will be the members of our dyslexia classes.

**How to use our Wiki**

If you want to look at what’s posted on our Wiki, from the "Home page" just click on the "discussion tab" at the top of the page. This will bring you to the discussion that I’ve started. If you want to add comments to a topic, you just click on a topic, then type a subject in the “Subject” box and your comments in the “message” box. Then hit “**Post**” which appears outside the bottom of the message box. Your comment on that topic will be added for others to see. If you want to begin a new discussion topic, fill in a new subject, type your comments in, hit "post." and your topic will instantly appear for other to add to.

Another way to gain or add information on our Wiki is to select a colored title on the lef "**navigation"** pane right under the word home. So far we only have two choices here: Books and resources, and Lesson Tips and Scripts. When you click on "Books and Resources," you will see I have only listed one book. If you want to add to this list, just click on the top tab that says, “Edit this page.” Then this works just like a word document. You can type in anything you want. Click “**Save’** when you’re done and your suggestions will be added for all to see. It would be great if you could add some books to our list this way.

If you click on the “Lesson Scripts and Tips” link on the left pane, you will see that I’ve uploaded my script for Lesson 2. You can open this and/or print it just like a word document.

**This Wiki can continue even when you graduate from our class**. This is your way to remain connected to others who can help you as you progress with your DIP responsibilities. This is your online community, but it will only work if you post to it and use it as a resource.

**Be sure to click "save" before as you leave your comments or edits.**