In your blog post be sure to include the link to your wiki. Then discuss your feelings about using a wiki. How does a wiki differ from a blog? When is one more appropriate to use than the other?
Here is my wiki.
I see great potential for maintaining a wiki for my English classes. I really am excited to incorporate this in my plans for the future. A wiki differs from a blog because participants really can help create the site. In a blog, the participants comment, but have no control beyond that. The wiki has more possibilities for interaction.
Despite my enthusiasm, this was a frustrating night. I spent three hours working on this exercise -- far too long if I want to use one efficiently in my classroom. I trust I will get better with practice. Today I just couldn't navigate between the various places on Wikispaces very easily. Then I was juggling websites and YouTube and the 23 things site. It's like learning a language -- it takes quite a while to become fluent. Still, when I did get the you tube video to play and the web site to link to my text, it was pretty amazing.
I just feel so overwhelmed right now. We're making applications for new technology in my district, we are currently being visited by an NCA team, I'm trying to learn MyAccess, a writing site for students, setting up and maintaining a blog, and just keeping up with papers to grade and classes to teach during the Christmas season. I think all of this is the source of my frustration. As I said before, there's no doubt that these applications are marvelous tools for learning. I just don't want to launch one or more of them and remain frustrated. I think, truthfully, I'll just have to take the plunge and believe that the process will get quite manageable with time.
P.S. I still have to use your instructions for making a link on this site and on an earlier "thing". Once I do that, I'll complete thing 15, and write my wrap up for Thing 23. All in all, I am so pleased that I stuck to it this time around because I learned a lot and feel so much more aware of the power of Web 2.0 applications.
2 comments:
For all of us learning something new,sometimes it just takes hanging in there. Then when that video finally gets embedded or you finally figure out how to do something that was giving you fits, it really is worthwhile. Your comment, "It's like learning a language -- it takes quite a while to become fluent" couldn't be more true. Look how far you've come and how much you've accomplished!
MB - the link to your wiki has 2 http://'s in it so it doesn't work correctly. I can help you fix it if you need me to but I think you have it figured out on your own as well. Good for you!
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