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=Welcome to O'Maley's Professional Development Pages= WEEK ONE TASKS-  --You might consider finding time to start poking around among the links I've posted or simply searching for others of interest. --Communicate with me about any needs. This could include narrowing the focus on your topic and wanting certain kinds of resources, or some ideas that you want to toss around. --You can use the Discussion area here on the WIki to communicate. I'll be checking in every day Mon-Fri. I check my Salem e-mail, ckelly@salemstate.edu every day. Yep, 24/7. --Start thinking about product format. Will you want to set up a list of links to use? (Librarians call these hyperbibliographies or pathfinders). Will you want to take a Webquest and update the links or other parts of it so you'll need a host for it? Do you want to develop files that you can use in class during computer time? How about enrichment or extension?? So many possibilities!

I mentioned **Kathy Schrock** a couple of times. She's got an astoundingly complete (and carefully evaluated) list of websites in every area. She's always a good place to start. @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

MOVING ALONG-  The addition of new sites (Special Ed/Egypt Travel Guide/GoogleSites) are all good indicators that you're working along steadily on this. I've popped in and written notes on some things -- which I sign CAK and the date so you'll know from whom they came-- and am available if I can help with anything.

EDITING THE PAGES- Once you're signed in you can click the EDIT tab on any page (upper right) and add anything that you want. You might want to set up a page for yourself and use the Wiki as a place to store your work so you'll have access to it from anywhere. If you click EDIT, a formatting menu appears at the top and to put in a link, you just paste the URL (that's the http thingee...) into the page and then highlight it and click the chain icon. Your URL will appear there and all you have to do is click ADD LINK. Don't forget to click **SAVE** on the formatting menu before you leave the page!