Personal+Wikis

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Wikis are great for several reasons.

 * === One, they are very easy to build and create. The editing is intuitive, almost like editing in an e-mail or Word document.===
 * ===Two - they are interactive. You can allow others to edit, update, add onto, etc.===

What can you use wikis to do?

 * ===Build webpages: I build one for UD Tech in Ed and UD Children's Lit. On those 2 wikis I collected all of the hand outs, notes, ideas, etc from the classes I taught.===
 * ===Share assignment information: Here's a link to the Goldfish Lab that my students used.===
 * ===Portfolios: Portfolios are a collection of work over time.===
 * ===When I was in preservice ed, my portfolio was a large binder filled with pictures, certificates, etc. I took it to interviews, but often the interview team doesn't have time to look at it.===
 * ===I created a personal teaching portfolio for my evaluator showing how I have met the Iowa Teaching Standards. The great thing is, it's green (no printing), it's accessible anywhere, and easy to update.===
 * === I strongly recommend you create a personal wiki to showcase yourself as a teacher. Make yourself stand out from the hundreds of resumes principals get. If an administrator has a web address for you, he or she is likely to pull it up. Make this the impression he or she gets of you, not your Facebook profile. ===
 * ===Here's a sample teaching portfolio completed by a 2nd year teacher as she wanted to transition to her standard license.===

How "safe" is a wiki?

 * ===You can add in measures of safety to any wiki. Wikis can be password protected, pages can be locked meaning no one can edit them without permission.===