Now we're talking. This was the most useful piece we've done in class, as far as I'm concerned. They are still not as easy to use as bulletin boards, but they are simpler to set up. What they did with Central's English is exactly what I've been trying to do at Highland. Unfortunately, I'm not getting much buy in from the rest of the English Dept. What if we take things one step further? Why not create a wikki for the entire district for high school English that anyone who contributes can access? We would be able to select from a wide variety of lessons and units for all the literature we teach, including IB and AP. Why should we continually have to reinvent the wheel each year when we get assigned all new classes? The work has been done numerous times already. How handy would it be for all of us to access pre-written lesson plans, unit maps-and all aligned to the standards? Is there anyone out there who is interested in trying this? I think it would be powerful in so many ways-and it would help us all to standardize the high school curriculum as the district is pressing us to do. Who's with me?
b.c.
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Not that I can speak for Lindsay, but I bet she'd be with you! I think this sounds like a great idea . . . so many people think "collaboration" mean MORE work, but really, it is about productivity and, in the end, having less work. As you say, to not reinvent the wheel. To try to get people on board, you may want to read through the "Business" section on PBwiki -- there are examples about how huge companies are using this tool. I've heard the tech dept. is talking to people about Moodle )which is like an enhanced wiki that you download), so that might be an option, too, for centralizing department information. Good luck!
I agree, now we're talking. I'm happy to meet with the Highland English department with you to push the idea. It would certainly facilitate the collaboration that we need, and that would make for better productivity. -Janet
Wow! What an ambitious--and exciting--idea! I don't know if Central would be on board, but I am. I will talk to the English department at our next meeting to see what everyone thinks. I think wikis are so easy, especially after looking at how much work moodle is to set up. I don't think moodle is creator friendly, user friendly, yes, but not creator friendly. At least, that was my impression after the moodle workshop. Anyway, I love the idea of a district wiki per subject area.
A district-wide wiki is a great idea- it would be best to have the blessing of The Center, but could probably be done independently by teachers.
Leslie
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