Friday, September 28, 2007

Wiki Spaces

Wiki Spaces is a free wiki hosting site. We used it to plan our meetings, write lists of ideas for trainings, create our wish list for supplies, and I’m thinking of authoring a potluck luncheon with it too! Potluck aside, this is a seriously simple way to get ideas going among a group of people that may not be able to get together in real space, but with a wiki they can get together in cyberspace.

Other uses for wiki spaces:

  • classroom site to share information and post homework
  • classroom site for discussion, each student can post their thoughts
  • school site to post faculty opinions
  • school site to share resources and communicate committee progress
  • department sites to plan and research
  • research repository that can be accessed from any location

Wiki’s are fun to play with and have a lot of practical purposes.
The Wiki Spaces site is user friendly and has simple functions. It’s not too fancy which is a bonus for teachers who just want the basics.

Not sure what a wiki is? Go to this site.

Happy Wiki-ing!
To get your free wiki at wikispaces go to: www.wikispaces.com