Wiki

Having the chance to explore Wiki  this week was very useful.  A Wiki is a page used to collaborate with other members.  Your personal Wiki can be view by everyone on the web or only by the people you choose to invite.  It is cool because you have control over whom you want to let in, help edit and fix up things.  Instead of communicating over a different technology that is time consuming, using a Wiki can cut down the direct contact you need to make with people.  At your leisure, it is easy to log in and edit the Wiki page whenever you have time.  Wiki's also have a very personal aspect where you have complete control over who sees your page.  Having a privacy option is always an advantage.

I find Wiki a lot more useful then Weebly because you are able to create things easily with other people.  In Weebly, there is no way for someone else to edit your webpage without giving that person your personal password. 

Although with blogs it is easy to make comments, there is no way to log on and edit someone else’s blog.  With Wiki you can have a finished product without having to see all the comments that went in to it.  It is a clear-cut way to have communication.

This would be very useful in the classroom because it can be used by students for working on group projects.  You can break students up in to groups and have them create a Wiki page for each group.  The teacher can monitor the group’s member’s progress to make sure everyone is evenly contributing to the assignment.  Wiki’s are very easy to use.  I think students as young as fifth graders would be able to use this successfully.   I would definitely consider using this in my future classroom.

I couldn't decide which Wiki format to use so I made two different accounts.  After experimenting further with both, I found that Wikispaces was an easier Wiki to navigate.  Though the two are very similar, I felt like it was easier to add things such as pictures, links, and videos with Wikispaces.

Check out my Wiki