Welcome to the ColoMATYC Wiki!
This workspace was created for the following purposes:
1. To promote the Colorado Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges
2. To provide membership information
3. To provide conference information on past and future conferences
4. To provide a space to share and collaborate in terms of mathematical and teaching ideas and tips.
You are welcome to view this site without access to contribute or you may request to join this site to join in the discussion. Please consider joining this site and inviting others to join.
Requesting Access:
By defaullt you are able to view this wiki as a Reader but if you want to participate in the wiki you must request access. To requst access to the wiki:
1. click "Log in"
2. You will see a login page. On this page you must click on "Request Access" and complete the information requested.
3. An email will be sent to the Administrator who will then allow or deny access.
4. Once you are allowed to join this site please view the following information on how to contribute:
Here is information on Using a Wiki and about Wiki Etiquette.
Please be aware that updates and changes to the wiki will sent to the email you specify and that the default setting updates you every time a change is made. Daily updates are recommended as the best option.
To change the frequency of updates from the wiki go to http://my.pbworks.com, look for Preferences towards the bottom left and change to "At most once per day.
To make the most of this site, you will want to just view some pages while others are clearly intended to be pages for collaboration. On pages where collaboration is appropriate, simply click "Edit" on the tab above the page in order to have access to write on the page. There is for instance the Math Teaching and Learing Tips folder where you are welcome to share information about great things you are doing in your classrooms or great ideas you have found. There is also a general discussion board ColoMATYC Discussion Forum to share ideas and ask questions.
To assist you with navigating the site while on any page, to the right you will see the SideBar which includes all the important links in the wiki space.
Conference Presenters:
To link conference materials for Spring 2011 do the following:
1. Upload your file to the wiki: click the Upload Files link on the right. Click upload files button top left and find the file or image on your computer.
2. Go to Spring 2011 Conference and click Edit
2. Find your workshop on the agenda
3. Highlight the name of your workshop and click on the add link feature on the menu.
4. Type the name of the uploaded document or image file and as you type options will come up. Select the correct one and it will automatically insert. Note that you may also drag and drop a page, image or file from the Insert links menu on the right of the page while in edit mode, but this will override the title. To have it open in a separate window, click on the link and click edit. Check the box "open in new window" and click "Edit link" to make it take effect.
6. Click save
Alternative method if you want to have continuing discussion:
1. Upload your file to the wiki: click the Upload Files link on the right. Click upload files button top left and find the file or image on your computer.
2. Click the link to create a page on the right. Name your page and save it to the Spring 2011 Conference folder. It is recommended that the page tile closely match your workshop title.
3. Edit your page and insert a link to your uploaded file by clicking on the Add link button on the menu. To have it open in a separate window, click on the link and click edit. Check the box "open in new window" and click "Edit link" to make it take effect.
4. Write instructions for discussion, post a question... whatever you like. Discussion can occur on the page or in a forum ( see notes below on this option).
5. Save your page
6. Go to Spring 2011 Conference and click Edit
7. Find your workshop on the agenda
8. Highlight the name of your workshop and click on the add link feature on the menu
9. Type the name of your page and as you type options will come up, select the correct one and it will automatically insert. Note that you may also drag and drop a page, image or file from the Insert links menu on the right of the page while in edit mode, but this will override the title. To have it open in a separate window, click on the link and click edit. Check the box "open in new window" and click "Edit link" to make it take effect.
10. Click save
To have continued discussion in a forum. Go to ColoMATYC Discussion Forum. Login with Facebook, Google or other account. Create a topic. You may then add a link on your page to the Discussion Forum with instructions as to which topic to join in on.
Now let's look forward to great discussions and opportunites for sharing. Thank you for participating!
Any questions about the wiki? email karey.pharris@ppcc.edu
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