Wikispaces and Wikipedia

This week, I learned more about wikis. I have not used wikis in the past, but see the potential for collaboration with students and colleagues. Here is the wiki I created at Wikispaces for my school entitled tech4parkside. (This is a private wiki that requires you to be a member. If you would like to join this wiki, you can email me at mrsgalbreath27@gmail.com. I will send you an invitation). This will be a place for teachers and staff to share ideas about how they use technology for teaching and learning.

In addition, I was charged to create an article on Wikipedia for my school since it did not have one. I am used to html coding, so it took a bit of research to understand how to do the markups in Wikipedia. Once, I got the hang of it, I added that our school is K-5 and that it is located in LaGrange, Indiana. I also included 2 reference sites, as well as an external link to our school website. I also added 2 categories to the article: Elemenatary schools in the United States and Elementary schools in Indiana. The link to the article on Wikipedia can be found here. Please find the screenshot of my article below.