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=Thing 9: Instructions for Creating Your Sandbox Page=

**Please read all instructions before beginning your page. You may want to print this page to use as a reference. Click "more page options"** ** above and select Print.**

===The idea here is for you to make a page with some choice of content, while ensuring you experiment with basic wiki formatting options. ** Y **** ou are welcome to interpret the instructions liberally and creatively, as long as you give the formatting and features an appropriate test drive. ** After you read the instructions, look at the Sample Sandbox Page to see what the finished product should more-or-less look like. **There are LOTS of help references at the bottom of this page.**===


 * Two Important Things ** -- **Have fun** and **make small edits** -- that means save **the page every 2-3 minutes**, then click **Edit** to begin editing again! You do not have to complete your page all in one sitting, because you can edit it at any time, from any computer with Internet access.

Discovery Exercise
Create a "sandbox" wiki page using the instructions and help videos below as a guide.

To create your new page:

 * Click **the + next to Pages & Files** (above left) and **type a __unique name__ for your new page**, plus **add the tag "play"** (see this screenshot at and/or **watch this 1 minute VIDEO**).
 * After you click **Create**, type something in your new page and click **Save** -- an "empty" page cannot exist.
 * **W****rite down your page name** (or bookmark it), because you will need to know it later to get back to it. The name of the page you are CURRENTLY READING is **instructions** (see at the top of the page?). The web address looks like: http://k12sandbox2012.wikispaces.com/**instructions**

Your page should contain the following:
**¤ PLEASE NOTE:** You are free to be creative with your section titles and page contents, include more than the minimum or adaptations of anything. Include pictures, tables, embeds, horizontal rules -- anything you want to try!

> - **Section 1: Introduction** - Include your **Name**, **School Name** and **Position**, a link to your school Website, and a brief description of something you love about your job. > - **Section 2: Favorite Things** - Make a **bulleted or numbered list** of something you like, such as favorite movies, books, quotations, superheroes, places to travel, restaurants, gadgets, obscure Latin phrases, etc... Anything you like, at least three items. > - **Section 3: Burning Question** - Ask a question of the universe (okay, your fellow participants), anything you want... you will receive responses on the **Discussion** tab at the top of the page! Make this question **bold** or //italicized//! > - **Section 4: Web 2.0 Stuff** - (We will return to this page in future weeks to embed audio, video and possibly some other "stuff").
 * 1) A **Table of Contents** (type [toc] at the top of the page, in lower case, except use **TWO brackets** on each side -- this is special code that will automatically turn into a table of contents when you add **Headings.** Watch the first video below if you are confused).
 * 2) A catchy **page heading** (formatted using **Heading 1**). **NOTE:** The **page heading** is not the same as the **page name**. The page heading for the page you are currently reading is: "Thing 9: Instructions for Creating Your Sandbox Page." The **page name** is actually //instructions// (look at the URL: http://k12sandbox2012.wikispaces.com/instructions ).
 * 3) **Four titled sections** using **Heading 2 or 3** (so that your table of contents will have something in it).
 * 1) At least one image. Upload an image from your computer (please be conscious of copyright).
 * 2) **ANYTHING else you want** -- this is your page -- PLAY! Try some of these awesome CHALLENGES!

Be sure to check out the **Revision listing ** at the top of your page after you have completed your work (it's the button that looks like a clock in the upper right) -- one of the most powerful features of a wiki is that is saves every version of every page, so that you can track changes, and revert to an older version at any time if things go awry.

 ** ‡ HELP Resources **
Sample Sandbox Page - This sample page shows the basics of what your page should include. Feel free to click "Edit this Page" if you want to see how it looks in editing mode. Please don't change the page, though.


 * ‡ HELP Videos: ** **Sandbox** **Mini-Movies ** - Super-short video clips (1-2 minutes) demonstrating every wiki task I am asking you to do:
 * Create a new page, add page title and a a table of contents
 * Add page sections and build the table of contents
 * Add text, bullets or numbers and a copy/paste link
 * Upload and insert an image from your computer
 * Leave a discussion comment on a wiki page