Wiki's can be a good tool. However, the thing that makes it beneficial (anyone can go in and edit) can also be a negative (anyone can go in and edit). Although Wikipedia CAN be a good source, too many people use it as the ONLY source.Wiki's can be a good resource sharing tool. I can see how a group of children's librarians could get together and form a wiki to share favorite websites, music, or books that they use for storytimes. However, something like that would work best if lots of people participated instead of just one or two. Or a group of writers get together to share resources and tips.
I posted to several areas to the iHCPL Sandbox wiki. It was easy. It didn't take long to figure out how to make the links work. I did notice that not many people made any comments on the links that they chose. It would have been interesting to hear why it was a favorite book or what was great about the food at the restaurant.
Wiki's can work, but it takes a group effort to make it work well.
3 comments:
I agree that wikis are great things, and you are right about it being interesting to hear why someone chooses a link. They are probably having the same problem alot of us have. There just isn't enough time to comment on these things. You try to hurry up and get the project done before your work time takes over. Hopefully we will be able to get back to these things and make some comments, maybe on our computers at home.
Krissy,
Do you think that we can create our own wiki for the Kids Corner? I read all of the articles, put no place told me how to set one up. Would you know how?
Ro
Sure, I think that could be great!
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