I created a wiki for myself and the members of the CMA Creativity House. The purpose of my wiki is to provide a common place for our group to collaborate and plan our curriculum for the upcoming school year. You can find my wiki at http://cma-creativity-house.wikispaces.com/ . On my wiki I provided links to Curriculum Crafter and GLCE websites. With these tools, we are going to be well on our way to a great school year.
I think a wiki is a great tool, especially if it is difficult for a large group of people to meet at the same time. One concern I have is since group members can edit material that is posted, someone's feelings might be hurt if they didn't agree with the change. Overall, I think it is going to be a valuable planning tool.
A wiki is different from a blog because members can alter the original content of the post, where as in blogs, members can only comment on post. I think wikis are appropriate when working with a group of people on a common task and blogs are for sharing thoughts, opinions and information. Blogs tend to be more conversational where as wikis are more interactive.
I think the wiki will be a great tool for the group. There may be some differences of opinions, but that can lead to more thought, discussion and collaboration.
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