My friend and technology mentor, Patricia, tuned me on to wikis last year. They are a very neat way to do many things, including collaborative editing of a text, organizing a list of information, conference planning, etc. Wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian. So a wiki is a collaborative website that allows you to quickly gather and edit information. They have tracking tools and also retain earlier versions of the collaboration in case editing creates errors.
I added a comment to SBISD's sandbox; looks like lots of participants really appreciate what they are learning through this process.
One way I though we could use a wiki is for teachers to work on the process and ideas for the All-School Program. We wouldn't necessarily have to be in a meeting for this to work. Because we work with young children teachers could also "lead" students (at the Mimio board) using a wiki to organize or web ideas, and KWL explorations. I think the potential is infinite and really practical.
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2 years ago
Claude, that is what I love about WIKIS. No meetings, just collaboration! By the way, your music notes just appear and disappear. Are you in control of that. Great suggestion for the ALL SCHOOL PROGRAM!
ReplyDeleteI hope your suggestion takes off and we do start using WIKIS and getting more effective collaboration. Even the people who work in the same building seldom get opportunities to sit down and talk about planning, share ideas, or work out cross-curricular units. WIKIS sounds like a way we could do that whether at the same school or not.
ReplyDeleteCount me as a big WIKI fan, too. Open source or open-ended I guess is more accurate, is the ideal Lamplighter venue for sharing information! Arnie tried one out early last year but it didn't really go far. I like the idea of ASP, but couldn't we also use WIKIS for professional development discussion? For instance on our first day back, I plan to review the values we hold dear, which could inform what we focus on this year. We could write a WIKI for each to clarify for everyone what we mean....
ReplyDeleteClaude, wonderful suggestions for use of Wikis at LL. I'm getting so excited about being able to take a new step in technology! It is hard to move into a new way of doing things, instead of just trying to make technology fit into my old way of doing things. I think Wikis can help us make the shift. -Marty
ReplyDeleteThis was by far my favorite thing. I think all the people I saw involved with wikis gave it more credibility.
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