Week 3 - Wiki week

I had two ideas right from the start about creating a wiki.  My first thought was a wiki that was all things tennis.  Then I googled to find that there are many tennis wiki’s already in existence.  I also decided that I may be the only one to ever participate in that one.  My next thought was a Camp Mitchell wiki.  We have affectionately named or place here in east Texas Camp Mitchell.  It is the central meeting place for all the family for the holidays and in between.  We have family in North Carolina, NYC, South Texas, the Dallas, 3 in Afghanistan with the military.  For the holidays we send out emails to make plans and by the time they’ve been forwarded all over, the comments are lost, details go un-noticed, and it’s just been a big mess.  I think a wiki might just fix that problem.  I’ve created the wiki but have yet to invite the family to contribute.

Prior to this assignment, I didn’t really know what a wiki was!  I’ve heard the term but had never investigated its meaning.  The advantages I see are mainly for coordinating efforts among a group.  I’m not yet aware of any disadvantages.  When properly used, I doubt it has many at all.  As far as our digital natives are concerned, those that I asked didn’t know what a wiki was either!  However, when they catch on to the concept, I see it being useful in their circles. 

I have yet to investigate all the tools.  I found a few in addition to those listed in the course materials.  There is also a small (sarcasm) learning curve that applies to the use of some of these tools.  I took one tutorial about how to create animations.  I’m bad at drawing.  I look forward to exploring what else is available.  I have another project to do for another class and found something called Weebly for creating a free website.  I’ll let you know how that turns out.

here's the link to my new wiki:   http://campmitchell.pbworks.com