thing twenty one...

I guess I never really thought about wikis as being accessible. The video from common craft showed me that it is a lot like how I use google docs, just a different method. It could be used between friends or teachers planning something, or for a class. Just like other technology we use with students, it has the potential to be cool and fun, but it also opens the door for students to use anonymous email/im style names to post something inappropriate. I don't think that's a reason not to do it, just something to be aware of. On one wiki I looked at, the teachers set up wiki rules, and posted them at the top of the page: that you were not to "access or amend any Group Page other than your own".

This is a cool map I found on a wiki shared by a classroom in the US and in Australia. The kids had heard that when flushing the toilet in the southern hemisphere, the water goes counter-clockwise (the opposite from here). So the teachers set up the wiki so the two groups could act as 21st century "pen-pals" to find out if what they heard was true~ very cool idea! The educational wikis website was a great resource to see how k12 teachers around the world use wikis. It was very inspirational!