After my initial failure with talking with my Principal about creating and using Wikis in conjunction with the ongoing Professional Learning Communities (PLC) with have established at my school, I have quietly spoken to several other teachers in the two PLC I attend. Both of them see their value. So, one of my self-appointed tasks over spring break along with other wikis, blogs, advocacy issues, portfolio, work around the house, and meeting my wife is to set up a simple wiki on PBWiki for my US History PLC. PBWiki is so simple and easy to set up that it is the logical for a short-term experiment. If it success, then I may have Media Wiki (wiki software) installed on the school servers. This initial effort will focus on review for the SOL which will soon be upon us. Since I already have several ways to review already prepared, I will prime the wiki pump with my material. Our SOL testing window is May 18-23,(we can’t believe it is that soon either). After that we have several weeks of “Okay What Do We Do Now”? I will propose that one thing we do is share ideas, lesson plans, and play with the wiki all at the same time.
I will let you know how it goes.
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