Week 3: Wikis

I have been looking at the TeenLibWiki which has some neat ideas. I like the book list idea. I have been trying to think how I could put book lists or ideas for my students on my webpage and this could be a good way of organizing. Their ideas for programming is great. I love to share ideas and this is one more way to put things out for everyone to check out.

I also have been thinking about getting some book reviews for the students, but perhaps what would be better would be to have them writing their own and posting them.

On the examples of Educational Wikis, I looked at Arbor Heights Elementary's site. They are thinking of changing their old web page to the wiki one. It definitely has the community participating through discussion topics. Interesting.

There was also one by a school in Scotland, U.K. They were sharing their learning about Pakistan with a wiki instead of something more tradtional. I could see that being a great way for my students to share and work collaboratively.

Week 2: Blogs

It took me a while to get here, but I finally created my blog. It was surprisingly easy!

I loved reading the blog examples. They were all a bit different. What frustrates me is that, like with most things, I feel like I don't have enough time to keep up with all of this. I am making time to do this CT 23 and the more I learn, the more time I want to spend on all of this.

I would like to find more examples of how public school libraries are using blogs. I have a web page, which students and staff use frequently, so I would like to see in what capacity a blog could be added.