Wiki Assignment

In your blog posting, describe 2 things you've learned in completing this assignment about using a wiki as a collaborative tool for building a PDS web site.
In your blog posting, direct your partner to view the parts of your wiki you're particularly proud of and talk about why.

I've never used a wiki before so I had no idea what to expect with this assignment. I've learned that it is such a great collaboration tool for building a PDS web site because everyone that is involved with the PDS can make their own comments on the web site or add information to others' comments. I've also learned that it is a great collaboration tool because of the several different pages that can be connected to the initial homepage of the wiki. Schools have a lot of things going on that viewers are interested in. Viewers may want to know extra curricular activities, the school calendar, information on staff and students, or statistics of the school. All of the pages that can be hyper linked to the homepage provide great space and access to important information. Staff members can collaborate to form some of the different pages, or they may just need to view information on other pages that peers have created.
My PDS group divided different pages of the wiki and gave a particular job to each member. Once we individually created our pages, we got together and created our entire wiki. My job was to find information on the community of East Dale Elementary. I found information about the history and geography of the school, along with the history and geography of Fairmont, West Virginia, the town in which East Dale is located. I'm proud of the community page because I was able to find so much information. I found a lot of great pictures and learned so much about Fairmont and East Dale Elementary. I think the community page is very descriptive and will give you a sense of exactly where East Dale is located. I would love for you to view it!