Adding a Picture - K12 Open Ed



Using and Creating

Open Educational Resources

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Copyright © 2008 Karen Fasimpaur. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Feel free to share and remix.

OBJECTIVES

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORKSHOP ARE:

• TO LEARN WIKI EDITING USING WIKISPACES

• to create a page in the K12 Open Ed Wikispace ()

• to explore and gather open licensed clip art, photos, videos, etc. related to a topic and post it to a wiki page

• to edit the Open Kids Dictionary ()

• to edit a Wikipedia article ()

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WORKING ON THE K12 OPEN ED WIKISPACE 2

SUGGESTED TOPIC LIST 3

QUICK START TO EDITING WITH WIKISPACES 4

QUICK START GUIDE TO USING THE KIDS OPEN DICTIONARY BUILDER 7

QUICK START GUIDE TO EDITING WIKIPEDIA 9

OPEN LICENSE SUMMARY 12

FILE CONVERSION RESOURCES 13

OER REPOSITORIES 14

OPEN CONTENT SITES 15

CONTACT INFO

KAREN FASIMPAUR

EMAIL: KAREN@

PHONE: 800-679-2226

I HOPE YOU WILL SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHERS!

WORKING ON THE K12 OPEN ED WIKISPACE

Here are some steps to do this.

1. Join Wikispaces at (if you haven't already). Click the Join link in the upper-right corner of the page. (You'll need to do this to create new pages in this space.) After entering a user name, password, and email address, click No for Creating a New Space for now. (You can create your own wikispace later if you like.)

2. Join the K12 Open Ed space by going to and clicking the Join this Space link at the left under Actions. If you're in a workshop, wait a minute for us to approve you. (If you're not in a workshop, it may take a little longer.)

3. Choose a topic. A list of suggestions is on page 3, or you may choose your own.

4. Create a page for your topic. To do this, just click the New Page link to the left under Actions.

• Use your topic as the name for your new page. (If you choose a topic someone else has already created a page for, you may need to put your initials after your topic name to differentiate yours.)

• You will then be in the edit view of the page. Put a title (your topic) and your name at the top, and then click Save.

• Your new page will now appear in the Navigation links to the left of this page.

5. Find open-licensed photos, clip art, video, music, or other media related to your topic. A list of sources is on the wiki and on pages 15-20.

• Before beginning, make a folder on your desktop with your name to save your media in.

• Check the license of item (CC, GFDL, public domain, etc.).

• When you find something you like, right-click the image and select Save Image As or Save Picture As. Save the media into the folder you created for this.

• Note the source (credit/attribution), the license, and the location you got the media from. (You'll be putting this on your wiki page.) You can write these down, type them right into your wiki page, or right-click the file and include them in the image properties.

• Go find more media, or proceed to step 6.

6. Put the media you found on your wiki page and include a citation.

• Go to your page, and click Edit This Page.

• To insert text on a page, just type in the page area. You can use the style buttons (bold, italic, etc.) on the Editor toolbar.

• To insert an image on your page, see the instructions on page 5.

• Advanced - To insert a movie player or other widget, see the instructions on page 5.

• Make sure to put a citation under each media element that credits the source, tells the license, and gives a link to the original source. There is an example of how you might do this on the wiki.

• Remember you can always preview your changes before saving. And, if you make a mistake (or if someone else inadvertently messes up you page), you can always revert it by going to the History tab.

Suggested Topic List

In working on the K12 Open Ed wikispace (), you can choose one of these topics or come up with your own.

photosynthesis

the Renaissance

cotton gin

Aztecs

counting money

Milky Way

U.S. Constitution

Michelangelo

circulatory system

parts of a cell

Abraham Lincoln

water cycle

plate tectonics

acropolis

Wright Brothers

dinosaurs

history of the automobile

maps of Europe

rainforest

Olympics

The space shuttle

Thomas Edison

Beethoven

electrical circuits

hurricanes

moray eels

animal life in the tundra biome

carpenter bees

bats

the Great Depression

World War II

Mars Rovers

John F. Kennedy

Robert Frost

Nagasaki, Japan

Brazilian music

Theodore Roosevelt

Ellis Island

volcanoes

Civil War

the human body

Shakespeare

African geography

learning Spanish

math - geometry

sonnets

Sophocles Antigone

math - decimals

Early literacy/sight words

life cycles of plants

Arkansas history

math - fractions

Japanese American internment

ancient Egypt

biomes

solar system

elections

African-American history

Quick Start Guide to Editing With Wikispaces

A complete guide to using Wikispaces is available at help. Video tours are also available at site/tour.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE COMMON THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO ON AN EXISTING WIKISPACE.

CREATING A NEW PAGE

CLICK THE NEW PAGE LINK UNDER ACTIONS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ANY PAGE. THEN GIVE YOUR PAGE A NAME.

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EDITING A PAGE

ONCE YOU HAVE NAVIGATED TO THE PAGE YOU WANT TO EDIT, CLICK THE EDIT THIS PAGE LINK.

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YOU WILL THEN BE IN AN EDITING MODE. MAKE ANY TEXT CHANGES YOU WANT BY JUST TYPING IN THE PAGE.

YOU CAN CLICK PREVIEW ANY TIME TO SEE YOUR CHANGES BEFORE SAVING.

AFTER YOU ARE DONE, CLICK SAVE TO SAVE YOUR CHANGES. (IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU CAN ALWAYS UNDO YOUR CHANGES. SEE “VIEWING THE HISTORY OR REVERTING A CHANGE” BELOW.)

FORMATTING TEXT

IN THE VISUAL EDITOR, YOU CAN USE THE EDITOR TOOLBAR TO MAKE TEXT BOLD, ITALIC, COLORED, ETC.

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YOU CAN ALSO USE BUTTONS ON THE TOOLBAR TO ADD NUMBERS, BULLETS, OR A HORIZONTAL RULE. YOU CAN ALSO ADD A HYPERLINK TO ANOTHER PART OF THE WIKISPACE OR TO AN EXTERNAL WEB SITE.

Adding a Picture

(BEFORE BEGINNING, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE THE PICTURE YOU WANT TO INCLUDE SAVED TO YOUR COMPUTER.)

• Go to the page, and click Edit This Page.

• On the Editor toolbar, click the image icon which looks like a tree in a box.

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• Click Upload New File to select the image or file you wish to put on your page.

• Click Browse and locate the image. Click Open. Then click Upload to upload it to the wiki.

• After this, the image will appear in the thumbnails at the top of the Insert a File box.

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• From here, put the cursor at the position on the page where you want to put the image. Then double-click the image in the Insert a File box to put it on the page. After that you can close the Insert a File box.

Adding an Embedded Movie, a Widget, or Other HTML

• Go to the page, and click Edit This Page.

• On the Editor toolbar, click the image icon which looks like a TV set.

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Then choose the type of item you’d like to insert and paste in the embed code. Examples of things you can embed are YouTube or TeacherTube videos or Slideshare slide shows.

If you want to enter HTML code on your page, select Other HTML from the widget list, and type in your code.

Viewing the History or Reverting a Change

Once you have navigated to the page you want to edit, click the History tab.

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This will show you a list of all the edits that have been done and who did each one.

To view an old version, just click the date and time for that version.

To revert to an old version, first click the date and time for that version. When you are on that page, click Revert to this version to revert any subsequent changes.

To compare two versions, click Select for the first one and then Compare for the second. The additions will be highlighted in green, and the deletions will be highlighted in red.

Quick Start Guide to Using the Kids Open Dictionary Builder

The Kids Open Dictionary Builder is located at . You may want to sign up and log in to use it (this will also allow you to get updates as we add features), but you don’t have to.

The purpose of the dictionary is to create a completely open dictionary that can be used by anyone for any purpose. One feature that will be added in the future is a build-your-own-glossary tool for teachers.

This dictionary will be created through a process of mass collaboration with the help of lots of people like you. There are many ways you can participate. Here are a few.

Add a definition

There are three ways you can add a definition.

1. Click Instant karma to get a random word. (If you don’t like the word you got, just click it again until you get one you like.

2. Type in a word to the find box.

3. Click a letter and scan through the list to find a word you’d like to work on.

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As you work on defining words, here are a few things to remember:

• Whatever work you do doesn’t have to be perfect or comprehensive. Others will build on and edit whatever you do.

• Please make sure anything you enter is your own work (not copied from another source) and that you are willing to share your work with others under a public domain license.

• This is a kids dictionary. Make sure the definitions are simple and accessible.

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Edit someone else’s definition

Click Recent changes to see words that have recently been defined. Click a word to jump to it. Then click the Definition tab to make additions or changes.

Like other wikis, the History tab will let you view past changes and revert them if desired.

Suggest new words or features

If you find words that you think should be included in this dictionary but are missing, email us at info@. You can also email us any bugs you find or suggestions you have for new features.

Quick Start Guide to Editing Wikipedia

Note: As with all wikis, please make sure that any content you add is original or in the public domain and does not violate copyright.

1. Go to Wikipedia at . (You don't need to register or log in to edit Wikipedia; however, your IP address will be logged if you don't log in.)

2. Use the Search box on the left side of the screen to find a topic that you know something about. (Suggestions include your hometown, the university you attended, a favorite hobby, a well-known person, etc.)

3. Find something in the article that you can improve on. This may be fixing a typo, editing grammar, correcting a mistake, or adding information. To make the change:

o You can click the "Edit this page" tab at the top of the page to edit the entire page or the "[edit]" link for an individual section to edit that section. (The latter is often easier to manage.)

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o For basic text changes, just edit the text as you like. When you are done, you can click the "Show preview" button to see your changes before you save them. When you are happy with your changes, click "Save page."

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Don't worry about inadvertently messing up a page. One of the benefits of wikis is that it is easy to revert changes. See more below.

o For more advanced editing, use the toolbar at the top of the edit box:

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You can mouse over each item to see what it does.

Advanced Tips

• To link to an internal page within Wikipedia, highlight the text you want to link and click [pic] from the toolbar. This will add double square brackets around the linked text. Paste the internal page name after the first two brackets and separate it from the text with a |. The resulting text should look like this:

[[Clayton, Ohio | Clayton]]

• To link to an external web site, highlight the text you want to link and click [pic] from the toolbar. This will add square brackets around the linked text. Paste the web site after the first bracket. The resulting text should look like this:

[ City of Englewood]

• To add an image to a page, you first need to upload the image to the wiki. For Wikipedia, it is suggested that you upload images to Wikimedia Commons () and link to them there.

• You can view the history of edits to any page by clicking the “History” tab at the top. All the edits are listed chronologically with the most recent at the top. You can view the differences between various versions of the page by selecting the corresponding radio buttons and clicking “Compare selected versions.” A page can also be reverted to a previous version by choosing a prior version and editing and saving it.

• If you create an account and sign in to Wikipedia, you will be given a user page. You can also create your own “sandbox.” This is a “play area” where you can try different things without interfering with an established page.

• If you’re not sure how to achieve something, find a page that does what you are looking for and click “edit” to see their code. Then you can cancel without saving the changes.

• For more information, see .

Open License Summary

CREATIVE COMMONS:

CC BY – You can use however you want; just cite the source.

CC BY SA – You can use however you want, but you must cite the source AND license your work under a sharing license.

CC BY NC – You can use only if it is noncommercial (you can’t charge $); cite the source.

CC BY ND – You can use the work but you can’t change it or put it into a bigger work; also cite the source.

These can also be used in combination.

Others:

[pic] GFDL – SHARE-ALIKE LICENSE USED BY WIKIPEDIA AND OTHERS.

Public domain – not copyrighted; can use however you like

Custom licenses (e.g. morguefile and Stock.XCHNG)

File Conversion Resources

SOME OPEN SITES USE FILE FORMATS THAT MAY NOT WORK WITH THE STANDARD TOOLS YOU USE. HERE ARE SOME WEB SITES THAT CAN BE USED TO CONVERT FILES.





YouConvertIt



(Note: There are also offline file conversion programs, but beware, because many of them contain spyware. This is generally stated somewhere in the fine print.)

| |Open file type(s) | |Commonly-used file type(s) |

|Photos |JPG, PNG |→ |JPG |

|Illustrations (clip art) |SVG, PNG |→ |JPG |

| | | | |

| | | |[Inkscape can also be used for |

| | | |converting SVG files.] |

|Audio (music) |OGG |→ |MP3 |

|Video |OGG |→ |MPG, MOV (especially for Mac), WMV|

| | | |(especially for Win) |

| | | | |

| | | |[The best video format will depend|

| | | |on the tool you are using.] |

OER Repositories

OER COMMONS



Wikibooks



Curriki



WikiEducator



FreeReading (early literacy)



Open Content Sites

NOTES:

• License information should be verified on all works.

• Sites that include user-submitted content that is not verified may contain work that is in violation of copyright law.

• This list excludes government sites, like NASA, Library of Congress, and national park service, most of which are in the public domain.

Mix of media types

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|Wikimedia Commons |Photos, clip art, video, audio |Broad range of topics, |various (including GFDL, CC, and|Small amount of content that is |Can be difficult to search; use “Previous |

| | |especially strong on history and|public domain) |not classroom friendly |Media of the Day” list for video and audio|

|commons. | |general academic topics | | | |

| | | | | |See page 15 for tools to convert ogg |

| | |Includes good selection of | | |files |

| | |public domain material | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Very large selection | | | |

| | |(> 2 million) | | | |

|Wikipedia |Text, photos, clip art, some |Broad range of topics, |various (text GFDL; multimedia |Small amount of content that is |Content on Wikipedia is drawn from |

| |video, audio |especially strong on history and|varies, including GFDL, CC, and |not classroom friendly (See |Wikimedia Commons (which has a more |

| | |general academic topics |public domain) |schools- for a |complete selection); Wikipedia provides a |

| | | | |“childsafe” subset.) |quick look at the best image(s) for a |

| | |Very large selection | | |given topic. |

|Tree of Life |Images, video, and audio |Plants and animals |various, including content that |Classroom friendly | |

| | | |is not open licensed | | |

| | | | | | |

|Internet Archive |Text, photos, clip art, some |Broad range of topics, including|various, including content that |Includes content that is not |Can use advanced search to search by |

| |video, audio |pop culture and public radio |is not open licensed |classroom friendly |license |

| | | | | | |

| | |Very large selection | | | |

* Note classroom-friendliness information is based on a review of a sample of material and is not definitive. As with all Internet-content, please screen for appropriateness for your intended use, especially if using with students.

Clip art

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|WPClipart |Clip art |Medium sized collection (approx.|all public domain |Classroom friendly |Click “Browse the collection” to search by|

| | |21,000 items), mostly color | | |category |

| | |contemporary art | | | |

|Open Clip Art library |Clip art |Medium sized collection (approx.|all public domain |Small amount of content that is |Browse tags to search art |

| | |15,000 items), including scanned| |not classroom friendly | |

| | |line art from historical sources| | |Use Inkscape or sites on page 15 to |

| | | | | |convert SVG files |

Maps

(see also “Mix of media types” above)

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|CIA World Factbook |Maps |Maps of world, continents, and |all public domain |Classroom friendly | |

| | |all major countries in the world| | | |

|library/publications| | | | | |

|/the-world-factbook | | | | | |

|Libre Map Project |Maps and map widgets |Detailed topographic and other |CC |Classroom friendly | |

| | |maps of the U.S. | | | |

| | | | | | |

* Note classroom-friendliness information is based on a review of a sample of material and is not definitive. As with all Internet-content, please screen for appropriateness for your intended use, especially if using with students.

Photos

(see also “Mix of media types” above)

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|Open Photo Project |Photos |Good selection of general topics|various CC |Classroom friendly |In search results, Dreamstime images are |

| | |(few or no people); approx. | | |not open. |

| | |13,000 photos | | | |

|Image*After |Photos |Good selection of general topics|custom license; can reuse and |Classroom friendly | |

| | |(few people); also includes |modify; can’t redistribute as an| | |

| | |textures (19,000 photos) |online database | | |

|morgueFile |Photos |Good selection of general topics|custom license; can’t resell |Classroom friendly | |

| | |(few people); also includes |images on a standalone basis or | | |

| | |textures |compete with morgueFile as an | | |

| | | |online database | | |

| | |Very high quality images | | | |

|Stock.XCHNG |Photos |Very large collection |custom license; can’t resell |Small amount of content that is |Images with people are not likely to have |

| | |(> 350,000 photos) |images; contact creator for |not classroom friendly |model releases |

|sxc.hu | | |commercial use permission | | |

|Flickr |Photos |Huge selection of contemporary |various, including traditional |Includes content that is not |Use advanced search to search by license |

| | |photos, many of which are |copyright and various CC |classroom friendly |(e.g. narrow to CC) |

|creativecommons | |user-contributed personal | | | |

| | |photos; good site for travel | | |Images with people are not likely to have |

| | |shots (over 69 million | | |model releases |

| | |CC-licensed) | | | |

* Note classroom-friendliness information is based on a review of a sample of material and is not definitive. As with all Internet-content, please screen for appropriateness for your intended use, especially if using with students.

Video/animation/presentations

(see also “Mix of media types” above)

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|Next Vista |Video |Instructional videos produced by|CC BY NC |Classroom friendly | |

| | |teachers and kids | | | |

| | | | | | |

|NASA’s Earth Observatory |Video/animations |Lets you create custom |public domain |Classroom friendly | |

| | |animations of Earth from space; | | | |

|earthobservatory.nasa. gov | |also includes great satellite | | | |

| | |images of Earth from space | | | |

| |Video |Large collection of |various, including traditional |Includes content that is not |Supports CC, but doesn’t provide an easy |

| | |user-uploaded content (similar |copyright and various CC |classroom friendly |way to search by this |

| | |to YouTube but with some CC | | | |

| | |licenses) | | | |

|SlideShare |PowerPoint-type presentations |Large collection of |various, including traditional |Includes content that is not |Use advanced search to search CC-licensed |

| | |user-uploaded PowerPoint |copyright and various CC |classroom friendly |content |

| | |presentations, some educational | | | |

| | |and some not | | |Does not currently support embedded audio |

| | | | | |or video |

Music

(see also “Mix of media types” above)

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|ccMixter |Music |Large collection of remixed |various CC |Includes some content that is |Click Find Music and tags to search |

| | |music, mostly contemporary | |not classroom friendly (adult |music |

| | | | |language, marked “not safe for| |

| | | | |work”) | |

|MusOpen |Music |Small, but high quality |public domain |Classroom friendly | |

| | |selection of classical music | | | |

| | | | | | |

* Note classroom-friendliness information is based on a review of a sample of material and is not definitive. As with all Internet-content, please screen for appropriateness for your intended use, especially if using with students.

Other audio

(see also “Mix of media types” above and “Ebooks and Audio books” below)

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|The Freesound Project |Sound effects |Large collection of various |CC Sampling Plus |Very small amount of content |Need to log in to download |

| | |sound effects | |that may not be classroom | |

|freesound.iua.upf.edu | | | |friendly |Searching by tags is convenient for this |

| | | | | |site |

|U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |Animal sounds |Small collection |public domain |Classroom friendly | |

| | | | | | |

|video/ sound.htm | | | | | |

|Spoken Wikipedia |Recordings of selected Wikipedia|Small subset of Wikipedia |GFDL |Some content that is not |Can be edited in Audacity |

| |articles |articles | |classroom friendly | |

|en.wiki/ | | | | | |

|Wikipedia:Spoken_ articles | | | | | |

Ebooks and audio Books

|Site |Media type |Media description |License(s) |Classroom-friendliness* |Notes |

|Project Gutenberg |Ebooks (plain text and other |Large collection of ebooks (> |various, mostly public domain |Mostly classroom friendly |Gutenberg books have a long license |

| |formats) and audio |25,000), many classics that are | | |agreement at the beginning; skip by it to |

| | |public domain | | |get to the text of the book |

|ManyBooks |Ebooks (many formats, including |Large collection of ebooks (> |various, mostly public domain |Some content that is not | |

| |PDF, Kindle, and iPhone) |20,000) |and CC |classroom friendly | |

| | | | | | |

|Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts|Ebooks (text) |Large collection of ebooks (> |GFDL |Mostly classroom friendly | |

| | |14,000), many classics that are | | | |

|alex | |public domain | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Most is republished from | | | |

| | |Gutenberg | | | |

|University of Virginia etexts |Ebooks (Palm and Microsoft |Smaller collection (2,100 books)|various, mostly public domain |Mostly classroom friendly | |

| |Reader) |but geared to mobile devices | | | |

|etext.virginia.edu/ ebooks/ | | | | | |

* Note classroom-friendliness information is based on a review of a sample of material and is not definitive. As with all Internet-content, please screen for appropriateness for your intended use, especially if using with students.

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