Describe a wiki you found that inspires you to create one of your own. What hurdles might stand in the way of your using a wiki? What would it take to remove the hurdles? Is it worth the fight?
I was very impressed with the wiki Comparing Hemispheres. It’s like 21st Century Classroom Penpals. I think it’s amazing that it grew out of the simple question most children ask concerning the direction a toilet swirls and is it different depending on where you live. The photos of the students and the work they produced to explain their answers create a real connection between these two very distant countries. Just noticing how the lexicon is different between the two places creates one of those teachable moments we all love to see happen. It really brings home the reality of living in a global society.
The biggest hurdle would be to figure out how to do all those cool things using a wiki. It has the same basic layout of a webpage (I guess because that’s what it is). I’ve made a couple attempts at creating webpages and I was not an easy task. I’m also concerned about the ability of anyone to add, change, or delete the contents.
To remove those hurdles, I would have to learn a lot more about wikis and how they are created. If the result was a good as the wiki Comparing Hemispheres, it certainly would be worth it.
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