When I developed my wiki I had my job in mind. Whenever possible for an assignment I like to incorporated things that I can use as a library media specialist. Although I am somewhat familiar with wikis I hadn’t created one for the media center use. I can foresee using a wiki to for book discussions, book selections, theme of the month, word of the week etc….. There are no limits to what one can do with a wiki.
There are several advantages to using wikis—wikis are easy to learn and use, anyone can edit, they’re instantaneous, the software keeps track of edits, and people in different parts of the world can work on the same document. However, there are some disadvantages too—editing available to anyone, if not manage it is open to SPAM, require internet connectivity, and the flexibility can make information disorganized.
Yes, I believe wikis can engage our students. The students that I work with come into the media center to load thing to their blogs and class wikis. We have a few technology savvy teachers on campus who prefer to utilize wikis and blogs to communicate with their classes.
I will admit I was apprehensive about creating a wiki, but once I found a template that I like it was easy to develop. Since I'm a novice I still have some tweaking to do, but overall I'm happy with my wiki.
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