Wikis

I had no idea what Wikis were until starting this class; I did not even know that Wikipedia was a collaborative encyclopedia! In fact, I am pretty sure I had never even imagined or heard of such an idea as collaborative websites.

However, I must admit, I am much more in favor of Wikis than I am of blogs. In my opinion, Wikis serve a more professional role than blogs. I really like the idea of being able to work on the same document with another person and being able to see the changes made. Just recently, I was working on a project with a friend; we both had the documents saved on our computer- after tediously emailing them back and forth- and we both intended on making changes on our own. This would have been a great time to use a Wiki. Instead, we are going to have to meet again and compare and consolidate both of our changes.

For our collaborative tool project, Richard and I used Wikis; we found that it was great when we were trying to make a lesson plan together. We also found a great way for Wikis to be used in the classroom. Wikis are great tools for professionals, teachers, students, friends- they are truly a technology tool that I think is very useful to many people.