Wiki, Wiki, Wiki, can't you see? Sometimes your links just hypnotize me.

The Brasser Tech Wiki

 

I see a variety of ways I could use wikis in both my professional life and my personal life.  The first ways would be for students working on group projects.  Students could use the wiki to organize what needs to be accomplished in their project.  Similar in nature to how the friends in one of the videos organized who was bringing what on their camping trip, students could use a wiki to organize who was doing that various components of the project.  Not only would they be able to easily designate tasks, but they could also identify when components were done and also display the digital components of their work on sub-pages that can link to the original list.

After they have completed all the necessary work, the students could present their work on their wiki (if the project is conducive to being posted on a wiki).  This would allow them to easily link parts of their work to other resources for additional information, especially if that additional information would be distracting if it were included in the main context of their project.

            Wikis seem like they would work well for teacher collaboration as well, especially in settings like team teaching.  Similar to what students would do in the paragraph above, tasks could be easily organized and important info added by each teacher.  Additionally, teachers could use wikis to submit links to resources that can be used in a wide variety of classes.  Such wikis would not have to be limited to teachers within the same school, but could broaden the community of teachers to other schools all over.  The wiki would be a living document, and resources could be added and removed as they gain or lose relevance.  A parent wiki could be set up to serve a similar purpose.