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=Welcome to The BirdSleuth Collaboration Wiki!=

Collaboration, sharing information, and peer review are some important parts of scientific research. Scientists constantly share their work with each other, by publishing articles, speaking at conferences and more informally--just working with scientists with similar interests or with whom they work. By combining their strengths, resources, data, and ideas, they can discover even more together than they could alone!

This wiki is an opportunity for your class to share your work with students at other schools and learn about the work that other students are doing. On this wiki, you (teachers and students) can post any information you would like about your class's observations of birds and habitats. Here are a few topics that you might share or work on together:

Feel free to upload photos, videos, and any other multimedia! You can also share anything you find along the way: activities, games, links to websites, or other good ideas for how to learn more about birds and science.
 * Peer review exchanges...
 * What is the natural habitat near your school? What kinds of birds live in your area?
 * What conservation efforts are going on in your area? What conservation efforts are you participating in?

Pages

 * __Class Page__: Each BirdSleuth school can create its own page. Use the outline on the page to post the data you collect and what you have learned through your research, field trips, and classroom activities about birds.
 * __Collaboration Want Ads__: Write an ad on this page if your class is looking for another school to peer review with, swap data with, talk with about their habitat, or conduct an activity with. Check this page often to find opportunities for collaboration.
 * __Bird Links and Useful Information__: Use this page to point your colleagues towards useful websites, books, and other resources for learning about birds and conservation.

1. Click on the **edit button** (top right of the page) to put your own content on the page.
2. Type in your content by following the format listed on the page. You can use the editing buttons to change the text, as well as add numbers and bullets. Use the link button to link text to another page in the wiki or online. To insert a word document, PDF, image or other file directly into your page, use the file button. You can also use the widget button to create links to videos, audio recordings, surveys, maps, calendars and other features. Make sure to **save** your page often, especially before you close it! 4. If you would like to discuss material on the page of another class, click on **Discussion** tab of that page (top center). 5. Make sure to keep track of comments/discussion about your page and new edits made on the 'Bird Links' and 'Collaboration Want Ad' pages. Go to each page that you want to follow, click the **Notify Me** tab (top center) and choose the option to be notified of Page Edits and Page Discussion.