For this experience, I had the hardest time deciding what to do. I kept thinking that I should do something that was relevant, and something that I could see myself using successfully in my classroom. After several days, and about 25,000 parent conferences, I decided to find a wiki site that I could begin using. My students parents have been in such an uproar about the blog site that I needed to change things up a bit. I'm not really sure that they will be any more receptive to a wiki, nor do I really care. My concern is that the children are safely, responsibly using the internet. I'm expecting a backlash, but there is really nothing that I can do about that.
So without further delay, my practical experience this week was with a great site, www.wikispaces.com. I chose this site because it offers a private label site that is closed to the outside world, and I thought it would help my parents become a little more at ease. I looked at wetpaint.com, but I can hear someone complaining about the fact that their are advertisements on the page that I am not able to control. I have used pbworks.com in the past, and I just don't find it to be very user friendly at all. I'm also hoping that I will be able to use this in my classroom to help facilitate book clubs and literature circles. It may even help with my AR project, if I chose to go down that path.
I have signed up for a free 30 day trial of the private label site, and begun watching tutorials. I have learned so far the basics of navigation and administration on the page. I will continue with adding pages, templates, etc., and I plan to share the link to my wiki in my next post!
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