Wiki Reflection!

This was my first experience working with Wiki's and, though I was quite intimidated at first, I am really enjoying learning to navigate myself through the site and create web resources. Initially, I struggled to figure out how to create and edit my Wiki, how to upload pictures, and how to hyperlink pages. Though I am no expert in the field of Wiki creation, I am becoming more familiar with the setup structure. After 'playing around' on the website, I found that the resource was not quite as tricky as I had once thought. Because I tend to learn by doing, I simply fumbled my way through the setup process until I had figured out where things were. I was able to link several pages, create a Wiki table, and upload pictures with ease.

I could definitely see myself utilizing Wiki's in the classroom! It would be a great way to keep parents and students updated by creating a classroom website to communicate school and classroom news, homework assignments, spelling words, and post peer photos, etc. It could also be used as a resource for centers. Teachers could link websites to a classroom Wiki that they would like their students to practice with during centers. Because linking websites it quick and easy to do, teachers can change these linked websites according to weekly subject matter. Teachers could also create links for each student (link that says 'Rachel' and then leads me to my own personal page) and place things of interest, things that individual students need extra help on, or tutorials. Teachers could even guide students through creating their own pages as a classroom catalog project.