Thing 15

Thing 15

I honestly felt like a wiki space was a more organized version of a blog. I found in my research through the provided blog sites that you can’t actually edit someone’s posts unless you are accepted into the group or page. I at first thought that anyone one could just fly in and change words around at any moment. If I were going to use this in a classroom setting I would want to be able to make certain information not able to be edited. I actually thought the wikis that were given for us to explore were very interesting. 2 of them I found to be extremely beneficial to see a working version used in the classroom. The Education one that the teacher put together was a great resource to see a functioning site. Also our own Richardson3040.wikispaces is a fine example of how a classroom could use it for functionality purposes.

There were a few wikis that I went on that were not user friendly. They had way too much going on. The main page was flooded with way too many links and small font. Wikis like that would be a little overwhelming I would think. Then there were sites where they had won awards (which I didn’t know they gave out for wikis). Those site were very organized and not overwhelming at all.

I plan on using a wiki space in my classroom. It would be an easy way to coordinate with parents for special events or resources for the classroom. It would make planning best fit meeting where all parents can offer their schedules so I could find a day where most would be able to make it for group meetings. I thought the wikis were user friendly and appropriate for the classroom.