#16 Wiki Love Land

Having done the work around this assignment, I was kicking myself for not having taken this class last semester and thereby being aware of this tool for a service learning project that I am currently engaged in right now. I feel like booing, just like the guy on the video. As I watched the video, I knew that this would become the tool for my future service learning projects. I wrote and received a grant last year to create a service learning project related to civic education. I am currently teaching three sections of psychology. I decided to alter a current semester project and to create a community service project. The first task was deciding which community service organization to help. This was a task that could've been made easier by use of a wiki. I could've linking the possible agencies to the page and had the students vote on which organization to help. We chose the Larimer Center for Mental Health. We decided to help them with their holiday party for there clients. Here where the Wiki would've saved the day. I had three different classes planning for food, gifts, adverstising, crafts and then finally staffing the event itself. Had I had a Wiki in place, the three different classes could've effectively communicated who was doing what between the periods. Instead, I have had to facilitate all the activity and it has taken a significant amount of time to do so, both inside and outide of class. I am already going to plan on creating a wiki for next semester project. Again, another tool that will benefit both my students and myself.

Thanks 23 Things...this class is really helping me to be a better educator.

Elaine