Well the time has finally come. I have labored in a variety of classes to learn about modern technology that is available to teachers, most recently in EDU 653 where we are learning about wikis (and other technologies).
Some of the wiki-related requirements of EDU 653 were to create a personal wiki and submit work on the class wiki. To help learn about wikis, we had to watch this video by Lee LeFever. (To bad we didn't get to watch this video by Lee LeFever, it has more practical uses for real life.)
While I am far from a wiki expert at this point, the things we’ve done in class and the clever video we watched have inspired me to implement wiki technology in my life. As such, my partner and I for another class are currently writing a research paper on a wiki. She lives about 2 hours away from me, so the wiki makes it easy to share things with each other, without having to drive and meet. I also created a wiki for my family so that we can plan a family reunion / vacation for the summer of ’10.
I guess it remains to be seen if wikis are really the powerful tool that my professor implies them to be, but so far I’m having fun and I guess that’s what counts.
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Ha! I love the videos by LaFever! I'm still curious why they did make one on zombies though. I agree with your feelings on the wikis myself. I'm still trying to find how I could use these in my lessons with third graders. For now, I see their purpose as students in our situation...but that's about it!
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