Wiki-ing

A few years ago I tried using a wiki in my classroom with my students related to the Holocaust. It didn't work, not because the kids weren't capable of adding content, but because the limited access to computers required that all of the students were posting at the same time in our school's computer lab. Because of the synchronous posting, many posts didn't show up and it became a frustrating process for all of us. I never tried again with my students.

For this class, when asked to think up a blog topic, because I couldn't exactly find a place where it would neatly fit into the course I am teaching, I thought I'd make a wiki that would fulfill another interest of mine, and help others with whom I'm connected-parents. The wiki is a resource for parents on ideas and activities to do with kids. I am hoping that, after I share the wiki site with my friends and family, they will add to it and we can all learn from one another. I have some things to figure out yet and so it is a work in progress and pretty basic, but I'd like to spice it up as I become more familiar with the workings of wikis.

http://havingamommyday.pbworks.com/

I hope you enjoy!