Week 5 - Wiki Week

I did not have any experience with wikis before this week, but I really had a lot of fun playing with it. I have come up with so many ways to use a wiki in an elementary classroom - classroom newspapers, newsletters, collaborative group work, projects that the entire class contribute to, etc. However, I decided to create my wiki for personal use instead of classroom use. A few friends and family members have recently started a new book and movie club. I created my wiki for the group to use to exchange information and ideas. I felt like this is something that I would use and learn from as well as share this technology with others.

I feel like wikis would be an engaging activity for digital natives. Even thought they may already be familiar with wikis, I think they offer a lot of available features that students will be interested in learning ore about and using (audio, animation, etc). I have a daughter who is a junior in high school. She hopes (hopes is the key word here) to go on a class trip to Italy next year. The first thing she said when I asked her about wikis was that they should use one for organizing the trip.

I haven't had time to explore the eLearning Tools much this week, but I have seen several things that look really interesting. Some that I want to spend more time on at Storytelling, Animation and Concept Mapping.