Thing 21

The wiki that inspired me after exploring those provided on the list was the Hanalee Book Wiki. I found it to be inspiring because I see myself creating a wiki to discuss books just like the one discussed on this wiki. I also liked this wiki over the others as I found it less overwhelming. The other wiki examples seemed to have a lot going on and my eye was often distracted as I it took a while to navigate through the wiki.

I am actually going to be creating a functioning wiki with my fellow librarians before the year is out. We have been working together to research and develop a list of resources on the topic of Constitution Day. We are each in charge of a specialized area (web quests, video, books list, websites, SmartBoard lessons, etc.) and have been recording our findings in individual Microsoft Word documents and will later put them into a wiki. If I would have taken this course sooner, I would have started with a wiki from the get go, but either way we are going to get it done using this technology that is new to us. The hurdles that stand in my way would be getting everyone familiar and comfortable working with a wiki as I am the only one taking this course and now just a little bit knowledgeable about this tool. It will take time to demonstrate how easy, effective and efficient a wiki can be in collecting and posting our resources. It is definitely worth the effort as a wiki is an invaluable resource especially in this particular case where my peers are all at different locations and we need to share information in an easy way. In a world filled with time constraints, this tool will save us time and hassle.