I enjoyed wiki-ing (is that what you call it?) and social networking this week. I realize (FOR ONCE) that I’m a little ahead with the social networking, but it was easy because I already had a facebook account. You’ll see my long rambling post to the SEMLS 2.0 group about social networking, so I won’t repeat it all here.
I am excited to get back to school next week and talk to the middle school librarian about us using wikis in the future. We are currently working on a LSTA grant application, and it has been so hard emailing back and forth the most recent changes. A wiki would eliminate all that work. I need to look into a few more things though. Like, I know some wikis aren’t open for anyone to edit, but can you have one that can’t be seen by everyone too? I guess I’m a little hesitant about putting things like my LSTA grant application out there for anyone to see…
Kathy Lussier said,
February 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Hi Rachel!
You can set up PBwiki so that a password is required to view the wiki. You may also want to look into using something like Google Docs or Zoho writer to work on a shared document. I haven’t worked with them much, but you can choose who is allowed to work on the document and can see a history of revisions to the document. When you are done, you can export it as a Word Document, an RTF file, or a PDF. These applications were part of the original Learning 2.0 class, but I took them out to cut back the amount of time the class would take.
Good luck with the grant!
Kathy