Invitation+to+School+Counselors+to+Join+Wiki+and+Complete+Survey+Monkey

Hello Ron, Kathy, and Ellen,
====Listed below is a draft letter that I would email to all school counselors of Bucks County inviting them to join our Wiki and complete the Survey Monkey once our Advisory Board Members create the survey questions. I will volunteer to create the survey. Would you please review the letter and make any suggestions for changes using a different color and then type your initials? ====

Dear Counselor Colleague,

As you may know, the Bucks County Counselors Advisory Board consists of a counselor representative from each district in Bucks County. We meet three times per year at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit offices in Doylestown. Over the past year, we have discussed several goals on behalf of all of the counselors in Bucks County. Two primary goals include:
 * 1) Creating a Wiki http://bccounselorsadvisoryboard.wikispaces.com/, or a webpage, that all counselors in Bucks County would be members providing them with editing privileges where we could share articles, ideas, and events/conferences to name just a few.

====** Learning Module 1 **– [|What is a Wiki?]  – Commoncraft created a short and entertaining video called //Wikis in Plain English// which will provide you with the basics about Wikis. ====
 * To learn how a Wiki works, please review the following learning modules: **

===**Learning Module 2** – [|Video Tours] – Wikispaces has prepared a series of tours to demonstrate how to use the different components. ===


 * To become a member of the Wiki, please select one the following directions: **
 * 1) Activate the link http://bccounselorsadvisoryboard.wikispaces.com/  and then click on the "Join" tab located in the upper right-hand corner of the page and follow the directions.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will then receive an email from Wikispaces/me indicating that you are now a member with editing privileges. Listed below are several Helpful Hints regarding a Wiki:
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Email me at <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">kjones1@btsd.us <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> and put "BCCAB Wiki Membership” in the Subject Box.
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">There is not a Spell Check in a Wiki.


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write, proofread, and edit the document in Word and then cut and paste to the Wiki.


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Carefully review the “pasted” information because it may transfer differently.


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Remember to click the “Save” tab after making changes to your work.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reinvigorating the Bucks County School Counselors Association (BCSCA) of years ago by holding two annual breakfast meetings; one at the Lower Bucks Technical High School and the other at the Middle Bucks Technical High School providing access to all of the school counselors of Bucks County.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To determine the viability of this proposal, would you please complete the attached survey by _?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you have any questions about either goal, please either email me at kjones1@btsd.us or call me at Armstrong Middle School at 215-945-2570. Thank you.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Best wishes,

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Karla M. Jones, M.Ed.