Thing 10 Wiki

Since we've been using wikis at work this was fun to go deeper. Got to love those Common Craft Guys! Those videos are so inter generational and that makes it easy to learn and review.

I looked at several of the links and especially enjoyed the Beekeeper site and MN 150.

Edited the 23 Things Wiki and agree that a template with a clearer reflection might have helped, though perhaps one was there and was edited out, so that now it is just one big bulletin board! This Thing helped me expand my concept of using a wiki beyond classroom and collegial applications to include personal uses.

One social aspect of wiki use that intrigues me is when a writer makes changes and then apologizes or explains why they have done so. I've also noticed that at times writers copy the first document and make their changes below and then the next person copies the whole text and makes their changes. The whole collaborative focus is lost. It seems that collaboration and changing how we view teaming is a lesson to learn. What I like about a wiki is that folks can and do improve on what we write or if the collective doesn't think the changes are improvements, it gives us the opportunity to have a discussion that we wouldn't have known needed to happen. Voila! Communication and cooperation the hallmarks of Web 2.0.