Describe a wiki you found that inspires you to create one of your own.
In the Examples of Educational Wikis, I found a wonderful library wiki for Cahokia High School (somewhere in southern Illinois which I found by Googling the area code.) It had great information and lots of links to resources and teacher wikis. My two favorite links were to Readergirlz (great website, but geared to HS rather than MS girls....do you know this one, J or M?) and to LibraryThing which is a website that lets anyone keep a list of books they have read or want to read which creates a community of readers, rating and commenting about books.
What hurdles might stand in the way of your using a wiki? What would it take to remove the hurdles?
There might be security or other computer issues involved with using a wiki; would it be necessary to get permission from IT or others? But I see that NHS uses a wiki, so why not any school in the town? Right now on the JWMS Infranet opening page, there is a link to teacher pages and every teacher has a separate web page, if they want one. But a school-wide wiki (sponsored by the library !?!) would foster collaboration and avoid duplication of resources. I am very excited about this idea...it could have links to resources, screenshots for procedures, slideshows for book talks, etc etc etc. Good thing school starts next week!
I LOVE Library Thing and have an account - it really helps me to keep track of what I've read.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the other site. And, we've been using a department wiki for almost 2 years. Perhaps a "middle school" wiki with assignment information to share between the two schools...
Joan