Thing 22

My brand new love....wikis. I was happy to see I could spend Thing 22 exploring a bit more. I have a lot of work to do now, because I have so many ideas running in my mind about the possibilities for classroom wikis. I just hope there are no IT issues in my way!

First, I enjoyed reading all the other participants' plans for wikis. It is motivated and reassuring to hear so many others ready to move on and catch up with these young digital learners! There is so much potential with wikis, just as there is with blogs. The difference is that with blogs, you can only comment, you can really edit and add. Someone posts, you comment. With wikis, the ideas and knowledge of a topic can just keep growing and growing. Students can realize what true collaboration can really have amazing results. The examples I explored in Thing 21 demonstrated this clearly.

I started to create my own wiki to help assist students with technology questions and make them feel empowered and more confident. I am also hoping they will choose to share cool discoveries and knowledge of technology as well.