Wikis are good options if you want to get other's opinions and include your own opinion. I just got the connection that Wikipedia is exactly what this is. I think it is great to find resources or ideas to try in your classroom or coaching. I question the reliability, but in your professional life, there aren't many instances when providing a work cited is required. At times when you do need to cite your sources to administration or others, wikis again can provide you with links to published, peer reviewed, and reliable sources.
The following sites are great for me and for my students to use for their basic math skills. There is vocabulary and step by step instruction on how to solve simple math problems. This can give me an opportunity to instill personal responsibility and self advocacy for my students. It can put the ownership of their education on their shoulders and not on their learning disabilities.
Another great option for wikis is to keep your classroom on the same page and use it as a community page within your classroom. It is very similar to a blog posting, but allows for editing and submitting of new text within the post itself.
What wiki(s) have you found that relate to your area of professional interest?
This wiki can give me, parents, or the students the ability to understand what a learning disability is, and how to deal with it.
I'm not just a special education teacher. As a track coach this wiki is just one example that coaches can use to coach and inform their athletes.
How does this differ from following blogs or RSS feed?
Following a wiki gives you the option of editing or adding information to the site itself. It gives you the ability to contribute to the discussion. In an ever changing field of education and/or technology, this contribution can help both you and the corresponding community. Wikis can give you some control.
In addition to finding lots of resources for your students, it might also be interesting to think about how they might actually even create their own wiki. Could they use it to share their work or create their own guides for others doing the math problems?
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