Wikis

I have just been educated in the way of the Wiki. As I stated before I am probably the most technology challenged individual that you will ever meet. With that being said I found the concept of the Wiki very interesting. I liked the idea that you could collaborate with others and that the Wiki is considered a "work in progress". It is read, added too and edited by everyone. I liked the idea of constantly being able to add information to the site. As a non teacher the first idea I had was how great the Wiki would be for a Social Studies class. You could develop different study guides and a wiki about the Presidents. You could put all the relevant facts together and organize them in such a way that it would be user friendly. As new facts emerge about the Presidents, or embarrassments, you could add that new information to the Wiki. The list would be constantly evolving as new Presidents were elected. This is better then the Almanac! It can be edited and used more frequently than 1 time a year.
I also like the idea of using the Wiki for your class syllabus. I think it is important for parents to understand why and when different concepts are being taught. If a project is being done to re-enforce the concept I think it would be beneficial to hear parents feed back on if they felt that was a good learning tool or not.
Wow technology!