Wiki Wiki Wiki

I do like saying that word! It has a nice sound to it! :)

I made progress with learning more about wikis by setting up a NEASC wiki so this will be very useful for me right now! I am a co-chair of the NEASC core values committee and we have only been meeting every other month. Next year is our self-study and everything starts and ends with the core values and mission statement so there's lots of work to do.

Having a wiki for this work, I think, will be so helpful for all of us, especially when we have to write and edit it. I am also looking forward to exposing the teachers to this technology too! What a great opportunity to integrate technology in our everyday work. I think many schools still just think of email and websites as technology and don't realize what is out there.

I LOVED Richardson's chapter on wikis!

In fact, I want to copy it and give it to all of the faculty to read, especially several departments who are anti-wikipedia.

The help button was useful on the site but I found myself initially just trying to set up the wiki on my own! Note to self: read and reread or watch and rewatch the tutorial on the site!

After a few frustrations, I started to catch on and have gotten use to using the edit button. There is no spell check as far as I can tell and there is no "undo" button which I really wanted many times! But overall, I think I have the wiki set up how I want it to look with the exception of the left side bars. I have to work on that this week and get to know more of the features.

I'd like to send invitations out to my NEASC group before we return to school next week.

Overall, I had a fairly good experience setting this up. I tried PBwiki one time but I can't honestly compare the two yet.

The wiki address is: chs-neasc-core-values.wikispaces.com

As for blogging, I'm getting better with the image postioning. However, I still have difficulty with the spacing even though I check preview. Visually, it seems off to me but I am working on it.