This is the first time I have worked within a Wiki. I have used the Wiki's of other teachers to access resources, but have never actively engaged in creating a workspace or collaborating with others.
I liked the Dracula activity and can see it benefits as a collaboration tool. The organization was helpful. I think that most of us benefit a great deal from the use of organizers. I wouldn't have thought about using different colored text to identify different users, so "cheers!" to the person who initiated that.
I feel my lack of participation hindered some of the objectives of this activity. Because I was away, I came into this late and I think that most people had, understandably, moved on. One of the things we were to do was negotiate the ranking and try to persuade one another to come to a relative consensus. So, I felt a bit guilty about that and I started to wonder how this situation would transfer to the classroom. I liked that Scott emailed the final rankings to individuals so that those who had yet to participate in the project could do so.
It's an interesting concept, using a Wiki as a web page. I think I want to explore this slowly and get used to navigating Wiki's and playing with some of the Widgets. I haven't really investigated yet, but are there a variety of Wiki options out there or do most people create their Wiki's using this site, wikispaces?
I liked the Dracula activity and can see it benefits as a collaboration tool. The organization was helpful. I think that most of us benefit a great deal from the use of organizers. I wouldn't have thought about using different colored text to identify different users, so "cheers!" to the person who initiated that.
I feel my lack of participation hindered some of the objectives of this activity. Because I was away, I came into this late and I think that most people had, understandably, moved on. One of the things we were to do was negotiate the ranking and try to persuade one another to come to a relative consensus. So, I felt a bit guilty about that and I started to wonder how this situation would transfer to the classroom. I liked that Scott emailed the final rankings to individuals so that those who had yet to participate in the project could do so.
It's an interesting concept, using a Wiki as a web page. I think I want to explore this slowly and get used to navigating Wiki's and playing with some of the Widgets. I haven't really investigated yet, but are there a variety of Wiki options out there or do most people create their Wiki's using this site, wikispaces?