My experience with wikis was a pretty interesting lesson. It was an experience where I had the chance to edit a lesson without having to type a new lesson. With the use of a wiki, i was able to edit and contribute among a group communication mechansims that could also be edited by the other members of the group. With this lesson I was able to create a wiki for members of my son's t-ball team and give the parents to view and edit any information that they felt would be helpful to the team. We had a list of whow would be bringing snacks and drinks. Some parents would go in and edit the page if they needed to change the snack or drinks. If there was a change of time for practice the coach would edit the original time and post the new time. Overall using the wiki was easier than sending a different email with each change that was done. I do plan to continue using wikis for any type of planning that will be coming up, whether it be a trip or just a list of things to do. I am grateful that Wiki's were introduced in this lesson and now my life can be a little easier. Technology is awesome.

Mary

Lesson 5 Wikis

First of all, I didn't know that a Wiki existed. After looking at the websites that were available I understand what a Wiki is. The youtube presentation explained what a wiki was. All I can say is that it seems to work better than emails when it comes to coordinating an event. I knew there was wikipedia, but didn't realize that it could be edited. It does say that wikipedia is on of the best wiki's out there, but if people can go in an edit the information, it makes me wonder how accurate it really is. When doing a research paper, wikipedia might not be the best source. I do know that my children's teachers do not allow the use of wikipedia just because of the feature to edit.

The interesting information I learned about wiki's is that a wiki is a website that can be created wehre users can add, remove and edit every page using a web browser. This is becoming knowns as the tool choice for large, multiple-participant projects. Other educational uses of wikis come in the form that lesson plans can be developed by using a wiki. Counselors and teachers can help support a student in their college process by posting college sites. I do like the educational wiki's where the teacher can post their assignments and if there is an update, then the teacher can edit the assignment.

After reading and understanding this information I plan to create a wiki and send it to my family, so this way we can plan any upcoming event and if there are any changes, then any of my family members can go in and edit and if more changes need to be done or if another link needs to be added then it can be done through the wiki.