Friday, August 27, 2010

Thing 22 ~ Edit a Wiki

I edited the Newington 23 Wiki. Here is what I said.

I am ecstatic about wiki's. They seem more collaborative than blogs and more accessible than cloud computing. I can't stop my mind from POPPING out ideas! Here are just a few...For the technical information focus of "Reading for Life," I can have kids read and then create how-to manuals online.For any number of concepts, the kids could explain it to one another online. It would reinforce their own learning. It would also give them a place to get clarification for concepts that challenge them. I am unsure if I would start anew each year or see how subtly or dynamically students edit one another's text year to year.I also look forward to times my colleagues and I can use wikis as an effective way to communicate, especially on group authored documents. Similarly, school clubs and organizations can use wikis as a way to be as productive as possible between meetings.And on and on and on... ~Karen PearcePS: Thanks to all of the above contributions. Pop. Pop! POP!

I am VERY excited to create my Wiki! Here's the thing, though. I already created one. I think it was at the beginning of the summer last year. I loved the idea but wasn't well versed enough to run with it.

I went to Wikispaces. I figured out my account email and then my username. I've gone through the process to reset my password twice. For some unknown reason, I am still redirected to the sign-in page each time I try to get into my account. Argh.

UPDATE: I created a brand new account.

UPDATE: I am SOOO aggrevated!!! Every time I try to do ANYTHING, the site asks me to sign in. It's saying it is my account, yet I can't do ANYTHING! Once I sign in and try to do something, it asks me to sign in again. My Argh from above has escalated into an ARGH!

1 comment:

  1. I can feel your frustration -- Leave it for now - you have demonstrated that you can edit a wiki and that you have set up a wiki -- if you continue to have trouble trying to create a new wiki, I would be happy to help you with it. I know that many participants are planning to use wikis in their classrooms this year, and you have proposed some great ideas for classroom wikis. Remember, you have support at your school from both your IT person as well as your library media specialist -- tap into their expertise!

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