More on Wikis

I find that wikis are very convenient as a place to store things (pictures, video, lesson plans, PowerPoint projects, etc.) In addition to my library wiki, I also maintain a wiki for the school called the DSMS Best Practices wiki http://dsmsbestpractices.pbworks.com/. This is where I keep the library and laptop calendars. While some teachers use this wiki, it is definitely under-utilized. Next year, I would like to work on increasing the publicity for this wiki so that teachers will see the value and will use it to collaborate and share with their grade level departments and teams.

This year, I decided to put my end-of-the-year report on the wiki http://dsmsbestpractices.pbworks.com/Library+End-of-Year+Report. I used our new evaluation tool as the format for my report and added some statistics. Advantages of this format are that everything is in one spot and I was able to include examples. Next year, I would like to start this page at the beginning of the year and just add the projects and information thoughout the year.